In this episode of Every Prompt Captive, We dive into a timely and weighty conversation about the nature of the Church, the dangers of radical individualism, and the slow erosion of spiritual imagination in our tech-driven world.

Kicking off with Colossians 1:17–20, we frame the central claim: Christ is the head of the Church: universal and local, embodied and covenantal. But what happens when the Church starts looking more like a livestream feed than a gathered body? What are we sacrificing when attendance replaces communion, and convenience replaces covenant?

We walk through the historical roots of this shift; from post-Enlightenment individualism to revivalist moralism to modern-day pragmatism, tracing how evangelical culture has slowly traded spiritual formation for functional participation. We talk about the fallout from COVID-era church habits, the false promises of virtual fellowship, and why online “campus pastors” aren't authentically shepherding a flock.

But it goes deeper. This episode wrestles with the theological consequences of treating the Church like a platform and the Christian life like a project. We explore how AI, scientific rationalism, and technological tools have subtly trained us to dismiss the spiritual, reduce mystery to metrics, and ignore the reality that God still moves, even in garage doors and head gaskets.

The Church is more than a content hub. With the dawning of the age of Ai, we are in danger of missing the presence of a living God who still calls His people to an embodied, communal, Spirit-filled life.

 In this episode, we confront the growing cultural assumption that children are a problem to solve; or worse, an obstacle to progress. As efficiency and convenience become the ruling gods of our age, childhood is increasingly sacrificed on their altars. Children are treated as interruptions to productivity, inefficiencies to be managed, or investments to be optimized.

But Scripture tells a different story. Children are not burdens. They are blessings. They are not potential future producers. Children are present image-bearers, fearfully and wonderfully made. And Jesus Himself tells us the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.

We explore how AI fits into this conversation; not as a villain, but as a symbol of a deeper belief: perhaps we no longer need slow, dependent, growing humans. As tech leaders like Sam Altman envision a world where “your kids will never be smarter than AI,” we ask: what kind of future are we building if we no longer believe children are the brightest part of our future?

This episode draws on biblical texts, historical warnings, and honest self-reflection. We name the ways even the Church has unwittingly echoed Babel; trading slow faithfulness for fast results, and formation for function. But we don’t stop there.

We turn to the gospel, where inefficiency isn’t a flaw, it’s part of the design. Jesus came as a child. Grew up slowly. Stopped for the small and the weak. And welcomed children with open arms.

This is good news for a generation tempted to measure worth by output. It’s good news for parents overwhelmed, for kids struggling, and for a Church that needs to remember: our children are not AI. They are not programmable. They are not behind nor will God leave them behind.

They are Image-bearers, and they are loved by the Image giver.

 In this episode, we confront a growing cultural myth: the belief that humanity is merely a transitional tool, a “biological bootloader”, for the rise of digital superintelligence.

While tech leaders like Elon Musk imagine a future where artificial intelligence upgrades or replaces us, Scripture offers a radically different vision. We are not accidental scaffolding for a machine god; we are image-bearers of the living God, made with purpose, dignity, and eternal worth. Tracing the ancient lie of Genesis 3, “You will be like God”, we explore how modern transhumanism revives humanity’s oldest temptation: to transcend our limits without our Creator.

But rather than escape the curse through code, we find hope in the gospel of Jesus Christ, who entered our weakness, shared in our suffering, and redeemed our humanity at the cross. In a world obsessed with optimization, we ask: What are the hidden costs of trying to upgrade our way out of being human? And what does it mean to rest in a Savior who doesn’t require us to become more than human to be fully loved?

With Scriptures like Genesis 1, Psalm 14, and Hebrews 4 as our guide, we challenge the assumption that faster, smarter, and stronger is always better—and offer the good news that through Christ, grace meets us exactly where we are. 

 In this second installment of Baal.ai, we continue exploring the spiritual implications of artificial intelligence; not merely as a technological tool, but as a modern idol shaped in the image of our deepest desires. Building on Episode 1’s discussion of humanity’s creative nature as image-bearers of God, we now turn to examine how that creative drive becomes corrupted when severed from its source.

Just as Baal once promised control over fertility, prosperity, and weather, today’s AI systems offer counterfeit versions of God’s attributes: omniscience through data absorption, omnipresence through ever-connected devices, and growing omnipotence through decision-making algorithms. But with these promises come hidden sacrifices: relational, spiritual, and moral. This episode challenges listeners to consider whether the pursuit of ease, speed, and control is leading us not toward flourishing but toward fracture.

With Scripture as our guide, 2 Kings 17, Jeremiah 2, Romans 1, we confront the unsettling parallels between ancient idolatry and modern innovation. AI may offer answers, intimacy, creativity, and power, but it cannot satisfy the soul. Only Christ can. As we reflect on what it means to follow Jesus in a world increasingly discipled by machines, we ask; where have we traded the fountain of living water for broken cisterns? Where have we begun to treat Jesus as a divine assistant rather than the all-sufficient King? And are we building a future that’s actually good for the next generation? Or are we building one that quietly erodes what it means to be human? 

Episode 1: Baal.ai — The Golden Calf of the Digital Age

In this inaugural episode, we explore the theological weight behind artificial intelligence and the human obsession with becoming like God. Built from the dust yet made in the image of the Divine, humans are designed to reflect God's glory—especially through words. We live in a word-based reality, governed by logic and meaning, revealed ultimately in Christ, the Logos made flesh.

But when creation turns from its Creator, the impulse to imitate becomes idolatrous. From the Tower of Babel to Baal worship in ancient Israel, we trace a long arc of humans using technology and power to replace the God who gives both. Today, that arc leads us to Baal.ai—the modern golden calf, promising omniscience, omnipotence, and even eternal life.

We discuss how AI mirrors God's attributes (knowing all, being everywhere, solving death), and why that should concern us. But we also ask: can AI be used for good? For discipleship? For the dominion mandate?

Scripture, tech theology, and practical discipleship intersect in this foundational episode as we seek to discern how to love God and neighbor in an age of machine-made gods.