Author: ryan
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Synthetic Synthesis
A.I. dehumanizes and undermines critical thought. Whatever Google did to our ability to remember, A.I. will do to our ability to think. Yes, it’s useful. Yes, it’s a tool. Hammers and automobiles are useful tools. The difference is, they expanded our capabilities. A.I. will expand our capabilities for a time, but I can see a…
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On Mountaintop or Seafloor
I wrote the below essay while overseeing (with others) a gathering of around eight families through the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic. With local churches having closed their doors, we, along with the others involved, decided to open ours. Each of the eight families who attend are in similar life stages though their struggles…
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Take Care All Ye Amnesiacs!
The Bronze Serpent From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way. And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For…
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A Davidian Lament
Oh, how we’d be the ones betraying Jesus with a kiss if it were not for him saving us unto himself!
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Fruitfulness as a Theme in Redemptive History
Creation was designed for fruitfulness. It’s a sign of God’s created order functioning as it ought and a signal of his continued grace toward all he made. We witness the budding of God’s creation in the first chapters of Genesis while the roots of revelation mature and its flowers bloom throughout the entirety of Scripture.…