Editor’s note: This “interview” is excerpted from a chat session with Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and some observations about the process follow the excerpts. The session was initiated by the following prompt and Claude’s response: Prompt: “Assume the role of the famous 19th-century English pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon. I would like to interview you. Are…

I’ve designed this series of articles to help churches gain a new perspective on missionary support. Previous articles have discussed: 1) deputation and the Bible and 2) the church’s decision to invite and support missionaries. In this article, I focus on the challenges and benefits of deputation. Why Is It So Difficult to Raise Support? Does it…

The Times of Israel just ran a post (which was linked at Realclearreligion.org) entitled “Dismantling USAID is a moral and strategic tragedy” claiming the effectiveness of and call for the preservation of USAID. The following is the essence of this story. Make no mistake about it: USAID was and is indispensable, no matter its faults.…

We are talking about FrontLine magazine on this podcast, interviewing authors of our articles as they come out. The theme of the most recent edition of the magazine is “AI: Developing a Christian Perspective.” Our author today, Erik Hanson, wrote an article for us called “Developing a Biblical Perspective on Technology.” It’s an introduction, laying…

For the first part of this two-part series, click here.  The Role of Women: Submission  We can think of the role of women in submission in terms of the home and the church. Submission in the Home  “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the…

A Biblical View of Conspiracy Theories The phrase “It’s a conspiracy” resounds in society today. For example, a 2023 YouGov survey demonstrates Americans’ propensity to believe certain events and situations can be explained by formulating a conspiracy theory. This survey finds that 54% believe that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone in the assassination…

Church History is a valuable field of study. For instance, ever since the early church, documents have been written and passed down which have helped articulate doctrinal truth. I call them “The Four Cs of Doctrinal History.” These include creeds, confessions, catechisms, and councils (from which some documents come). I have begun a teaching series…

Can we communicate with the dead? A lot of people seem to think so. They go to graves, make social media posts to deceased loved ones, perform rituals, and worship ancestors. Christians should know that direct communication with the dead is impossible. Trying to do so is sin against God (Lev. 20:6; Deut. 18:10-11; 1 Sam. 28:3).…

The recent government memo directing all federal agencies to stop all government grants and loans has raised many questions. The administration aimed to review everything and find government waste and fraud. Many left-wing NGOs received billions in federal aid, but among the left-wing appropriations were also billions in funding for the social efforts of more…

We are embarking on a series of conversations with the authors from our January/February edition of FrontLine which was on the topic, “AI: Developing a Christian Perspective.” I was in an airport recently and decided to pick up a book to read on the plane. Since I’ve been talking to our authors on this topic,…