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In issuing the call to rightly respond to the gospel by offering ourselves as living sacrifices, Paul highlighted the importance of being transformed by the renewal of our minds. Paul now unpacks how to rightly think of ourselves with sanctified self-awar
After unpacking the new realities that stem from the gift of God's grace, Paul expounds on the practical applications of the Gospel. We respond to the Gospel of God by continually surrendering all of life to God as living sacrifices. We are formed into li
Jesus Christ shows that the kingdom of God is now here and that he is equal to God the Father by working to heal the needy in order to give life, even on the Sabbath.
God has given us the capacity and call to exercise wisdom and discernment. And although we can obtain information through AI, we cannot obtain wisdom through AI. AI even threatens our capacity and responsibility to think critically and to think deeply. In
There is understandably a lot of fear and uncertainty regarding AI, which can produce a sense of existential hopelessness regarding humanity's future. But as people made in God's image, we need hope to survive. Thankfully, in Christ, we have a living hope
Ironically, although AI promises a life of leisure by eliminating hard work, very often the exact opposite takes place. As AI prioritizes endless productivity and hyper-efficiency, AI often promotes a life of hurry. But an overly busy life can be one of t
With the fall, work became cursed along with humanity. And so humanity has toiled and struggled. Yet, AI promises a utopic vision of eliminating scarcity and minimizing the "hard" in hard work. It assumes a negative view of work itself and ignores the cor
As people made in the image of God, we are made for interdependent relationships in community. The challenge that AI can pose is that it promises relational intimacy without relational inconvenience. But if we are to thrive as image bearers of God, then w
AI offers a vision of user-centered utopia through technology, which can challenge our worship of God. But being made in God's image, humans are made to worship God. True worship is enjoying our full salvation and our deepest satisfaction in Jesus, which
The image of God refers to humanity’s unique identity as God’s representatives to the rest of creation. The image of God implies that every human being has inherent dignity, that our physical embodiment is important, that we are created for dependent
After presenting his thorough and rich teachings on sin, faith, God's sovereignty, and Israel, Paul brings this theological portion of his epistle to a close with a doxology that summarizes his thoughts. Paul concludes that God's wisdom is unfathomable. G
Although Israel has largely rejected God, Paul argues that God has not rejected Israel. Rather, God has a plan of salvation for Israel, which involves preserving a faithful remnant in Israel, using Israel's rejection to bring the gospel to all nations, an