ruary 2026

Tim Challies, author and pastor wrote:

“I have many concerns with AI, but the foremost is that its meteoric rise and wide-scale adoption will begin to cause us to doubt truth altogether. If we cannot trust that an author wrote his book, a band composed their song, or a pastor prepared his sermon, it is truth itself that suffers. I have previously said it like this: “What I am finding is that the existence, the growing prevalence, and the invisibility of AI have begun to seed a kind of epistemic doubt in my mind. When I watch videos, I wonder if they are real or fabricated. When I see a photograph, I wonder if it is authentic or generated, untouched or manipulated. When I read an article on the internet, I wonder whether it was written by a human being or a machine. I don’t know what’s true anymore. I struggle to know what’s real.” 

If there is any good that can come of this…it will be the forced necessity to verify what others are out peddling. The scams and digital theft warnings leave us tired and frustrated almost daily. Truth and reality have become a precious treasure.

AI is not Spirit-Filled or led by the Spirit, has no soul, compassion or ability to love, or conscience. But it is here to stay… We should pray for a renewed gift of discernment. Not everything that looks tasty should be eaten.

Truth comes from knowing it from a lie. The knowing comes from ‘abiding in the word.’

“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Jesus