AI Created Podcast

0:02 Looking at our world from a theological perspective. This is the Theology Central podcast making Theology Central. Well, if you make one bad decision, you should just go ahead and make another. Right, That's the lesson today. When you make one bad decision, don't correct, course, don't stop making bad decisions. Just double down, make another bad decision. And then when you make that bad decision, then just make another. That's the lesson you should learn from me. When you make a bad decision, just keep making them. Don't correct, don't change, just keep doing that. Okay, well, that's not really the lesson I want to teach today, but in a practical way, that is the lesson I'm teaching.

0:45 I will explain everything after I say welcome everyone. It is Sunday, January the twenty sixth, twenty twenty five. It is currently five thirty four pm Central time, and I am coming to you live from the Theology Central studio located right here in Abilene, Texas. Now, am I what do I mean about bad decisions? Well, I earlier today I did a broadcast. I explained to everyone that I wasn't at church. We were not doing an in person service. We were doing a live stream the reason we were doing a live stream, and part was because I'm having some major neurological issues, one of the worst headaches I've ever experienced in my life, having all the issues that you know come from my seizure disorder. I feel like I'm literally on the verge of I don't know how many seizures, all kinds of issues. I'm just having all kinds of issues over the last few days. And it's really really I mean, it's really bad today. So what I should be doing? So I told everyone it was a bad decision that I was even trying to do a live stream, but I did it. Yeah, I mean, I mean, I haven't heard anything about it, so that's a pretty good sign that it wasn't very good, all right.

1:55 I understand that I told everyone to have a little bit of mercy, so but I did it anyway. So then what I was going to do is as soon as I got done with that, I was going to eat something and then I was going to lay down. And then I thought, in my mind, I'll slip into a coma, right, I'll just I'll just slip into a coma and be gone for the rest of the day and then wake up tomorrow hopefully reset my like my brain will reset, I'll be refreshed, I'll be I'll be ready to function by what has happened? Well, it's what now, five thirty six pm Central time. Since that time around eleven thirty twelve, whatever time it was, I think by the time I said I was going to try to just kind of lay there, I was gonna listen to the football game. All I had all these plans and I was just gonna that was gonna be it. Well, and now here is five thirty six and I haven't slipped into a coma, haven't slept for one second. I keep saying, Okay, I'm just gonna I'm just gonna listen to the football game. Next thing, I'm looking at this, or I'm looking at this, or I'm oh, let's look this up. Oh well what about this? Oh what about this, Let's look this up, let's consider this, let's con this.

3:00 And the next thing I know, I find myself well working with an AI program and I'm like, oh, this is interesting. And then I kept working with it. I'm like, oh, this is really interesting. And then I was like, wait, this fits in with everything I've been talking about. Artificial intelligence. Wait, oh, let me keep working. Okay, No, wait, oh, I've got to I gotta pay some money. I'm gonna pay some money for this. Okay, let me subscribe, Okay, subscribe. Okay, Now how do I make this work? And then I'm sitting there working on it, working on it, working on it. Of course, my head is just getting worse and worse because I'm trying to cut and paste and trying to get it to work, and then it won't work, and then I have to redo it again and then and then, but I'm trying to get it all to work. I finally get it all set, I get everything downloaded, and then I'm like, okay, well that that was interesting. Now I should lay down. And then I'm like, no, why no, no, no, no, the microphone. The microphone is right there, and it's it's right upstairs. Let me go to the microphone and let's let's talk about it. So here we are we going to talk about this briefly. I'm going to explain everything, and I hope this is going to make sense, all right.

4:08 I have been talking that artificial intelligence is going to completely change everything, and everyone acknowledges going to change everything, within culture. Everyone agrees could possibly change things in entertainment, music, Everyone's looking at all the different areas where it could have a transformative, massive change, a disruptive force, and all of society. But I've been putting forth the concept that not only is it disruptive to Christianity, not only is it going to change everything and all practical I know whenever I say this people get mad. But from any practical perspective, AI makes the Church absolutely irrelevant. It's a waste of I mean the church. The church can't do anything if we understand church not from a set incremental point of view. But the church is there to teach the word of God, preach the word of God, to equip saints. Right, it's to preach and teach it. Well, if the church is to preach and teach, AI can preach and teach better than any person can in any way, shape orform. And how many different ways do I have to put that to the test. Right, we have taken AI.

5:19 We've listened to a sermon. Let AI take the same text, take it apart. AI does better every single time AI. When examining sermons, it points out it's logical fallacies, it's factual errors, it's hermineutical hermeneutical errors, if it's if it's is of Jesus or exo Jesus, and every single case AI has destroyed the sermon. Right, But what if AI not only can it evaluate the sermon? Not only can it examine the sermon, not only can it analyze it, not only can it produce, like, hey, I need an exegetical study on this passage. Not only can it produce a better study, what if it can actually teach it and preach it itself. What if it can do that? Now we already talked about this technology being available, but I've had a chance to mess with it while I stumbled upon a program that allowed me, and I've only worked with it. I've been working on it probably for the last I don't know, forty five minutes, an hour. I don't even know how long it's been. So this is all like happening in real time. That's one of the reasons I felt like I needed to broadcast, no matter how I felt, I needed to get here in front of the microphone, no matter, no matter, no matter if I dropped dead in the middle of this, because it's all happening in real time, and I like to do that, so this is happening in real time. About forty five minutes ago or about an hour ago, I was thinking about the article that we looked at and the sort of the Lord newspaper. It was the January third, twenty twenty five edition of the sort of the Lord newspaper, and there was an article in there entitled are a

6:51 sermon actually a printed sermon? What do you do when trouble troubles you? What do you do when trouble troubles you? Now, we were viewed that and we saw lots of problems with it. We had lots of issues with it. And one of the things that did OH numerous times is when it's talking about trouble that we may have and what are we to do when we're in trouble, and how should we respond to trouble and all of this. It pointed us to specific verses in the Book of Psalms, and whenever we were reviewing it, I kept saying, I have some problems and how it's handling verses in Psalms right, because in many cases it's taking these promises and the Psalms and applying them to us. And I have some grave concern about this right because in many cases the Psalms are written to specific people in a specific context, and many of those promises given to them in regards to troubled, difficulty, trial, pain and suffering is related more to the promise and the covenants made by God to Israel.

7:52 So can we reach into those Psalms and say, oh, this is a promise for us and what we can do and trouble and so I had some major issues with it. So then I'm like, okay, so we've got this program where AI can actually, you know, not only create better content as far as giving you the text I giving you a full study of these verses and Psalms, it can also teach it to us. I'm like, let me put all of this together. So I have used AI to examine two verses used in this article in the sort of the Lord Newspaper in the Book of Psalms. I had to examine it because I just basically said, here are two verses, how should these be approached? How should they not be approached? Just basically break down these two verses and psalms and then not only generate the text, give me teach it. Teach it to me, right, I couldn't say necessarily preach it. I don't think there's an option for a preaching voice per se me. I mean, I didn't have time to mess with all the speech settings, but it gave me an audio file. All of this was generated by AI. So what you are about to here, I'm going to play it for you. It's only ten minutes long. It's only ten minutes and forty eight seconds long.

9:09 It's everything was generated and everything was created by AI. Everything was created by AI. Everything, all right, It was all made by AI. I just gave its basic parameters and said, there we go. I told it basically as a podcast. It's going to be a podcast episode, all right, So it basically created a podcast episode dealing with two verses in psalms. That well, let me just tell you. AI breaks down these two verses and psalms way better than this actual sermon put together by a human being. And I could probably take AI and how it handled these two verses and psalms. We could take the sermon's two point oh app probably look for sermon after sermon after sermon after sermon after sermon preached by humans, and I I will bet that we could have AI generate not only an exogenical study of the passage, we could now have AI also generate a spoken teaching of the passage, and it would be better than people. Now, just think if an individual you could be sitting at home and go, hmm, all right, so John chapter one. Okay, let me have AI breakdown John chapter one in an in depth exegetical study, breaking it down, interpreting it correctly, giving it its basic parameters.

10:29 AI would create it. Then you just place it into an AI software that would basically generate it to voice, and then you can say, okay, play and then you basically get your sermon you don't even and it will be better than any church you go to in the local area, or even any sermon you listen to online. Just try to think, wrap your mind around the ramifications of that, or it will be better than any podcast you listen to. Now, I may not be feeling well, and I may be on the verge of death, but it's hard for me, not right at this moment, to go what am I doing? Not because I'm making a bad decision in broadcasting when I probably shouldn't, but it makes me question deeper. There's no point in my existing there really is no point. There really isn't you Now were going to be able to create your own if you want your own podcast about any topic you want. Okay, you're like, I want a theology podcast on this you can AI can generate that, not only the text, it can generate the voice. So do you want to hear a completely AI generated episode of the Theology Central podcast.

11:47 I'm just going to assume that everyone here. I love the contrast here, right, because here's what you're gonna think. Well, considering how much, considering that you're episode this morning was complete trash, considering that you spent over an hour and you gave us garbage this morning, Yeah, I would prefer to hear AI and listen. I'm with you. So we're gonna sit back and for the next ten minutes and forty eight seconds, AI's gonna do this. Now. I didn't. I didn't, you know, check this to see if there's any mistakes. I was checking it at the beginning, and it was doing this weird like a I owe you.

12:29 It was like just make stating some like random numbers and letters. It was weird. It would be like a point, it would be like psalm ninety one fourteen says this, Ay, I behold this, and it's like, wall, what is the AOI owe you? It was like some weird like it almost send it like it was a foreign language. I'm like, is a AI speaking in tongues? What is going on here? What is happening? I have no idea why it was doing that. I have no idea. So I had to had to take the text, cut it and paste it in Apple Notes. Then, because it was putting these weird little like symbols at the beginning of each where you would have each paragraph break, it was putting these weird symbols, and it was like, oh, oh you. And I was like, what is this? When I posted it or and I pasted it in Apple Notes, it erased all of those weird symbols, just gave it text. Then I pasted it back into the AI program and all of that was gone.

13:23 So I'm assuming it's not there in the speech. So I have not reviewed everything, but that's okay. If we find any mistakes, we'll see. I mean, you know, we're going to find out what it did and didn't do. But AI created this entire episode. It did take a while for my cutting and pasting and having to remove it. But as far as it took about maybe five seconds for AI to generate all of the text and then it converted it to voice. That took about a minute, maybe two minutes. So if you take everything, all the text that you're going to hear, all the words, it generated, all the words words, converted it to voice or converted it to audio. It did everything, and about probably i'll just say two minutes, maybe less than maybe about maybe a minute and thirty five seconds, but it was it was less than two minutes, maybe right at two minutes.

14:16 I still think it was less. It did everything. Now, just try to wrap your mind around that, right, I mean, if there's a new story, I mean literally, this is what I could do. There's a new story. I could be like, huh okay AI break this new story down from a thiological perspective, Tuntu all right, copy, boom, paste it here alright, boom all right, generate audio, download audio, upload it, boom, go live, and immediately I can go live with a completely generated AI episode of the Theology Central podcast. Basically, I become nothing more than just the person pushing the button. There's no reason for me to even speak all right, So if today's the last day, right, if I was to die right now, at least I know, hey, nobody's gonna I mean, nobody was gonna miss me anyway, but now it'll be like it'll be even less missing.

15:18 It'd be like who cares Theology Central podcast? I can make my own and it's better than that, idiot. It's really kind of depressing when you realize basically you are you are irrelevant. I don't think pastors are ever going to acknowledge that, but I'm sorry. All of your preaching and teaching you're irrelevant. I can get better in seconds. You're right. You can try to convince people all day. You're chosen by God, you're anointed by God. You can talk the big spiritual game. When it comes down to it. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. We are irrelevant. That church is is irrelevant other than it's social functions that it can provide.

16:00 I don't know when we're going to wake up, but this is going to prove it. So are you ready? I know, I know I waited sixteen minutes. I know I've kept you, I kept you listening. Here we go, artificial intelligence. It's about to teach you about two passages and the Book of Psalms. That's sort of the Lord newspaper utterly mishandled right, And I bet you we could find a million sermons that probably would handle it in a questionable way. Am I going to agree with everything AI has to say about it? Probably? I don't even know everything it said. I didn't sit there and examine it to get into a discussion, right. But if I broke down the entire discussion once again, I could have just taken the text, uploaded it or or pasted it into the text to voice converter and then just had AI do it. But here we go. Here's Ai. The volume is probably not as low as it should be.

16:46 I probably should have I probably should have amplified it, but I didn't. But here we go. For the next ten minutes, you're going to hear AI basically give you a Theology Central Podcast episode. Here we go today on the Theology Central Podcast, we are going to examine specific verses in the Book of Psalms to see if they can be applied to us or if they should only be applied to the original audience. Psalm sixty eleven says give us help from trouble for vain is the help of man KJV. To determine whether this verse can be applied to us today, it's important to consider the verse within its context. Psalm sixty is a lament and prayer of David during a time of military distress. It reflects Israel's national struggle, a cry for God's intervention, and an acknowledgment of the insufficiency of human strength or alliances. David's plea for God's help comes in the context of covenant promises to Israel and God's relationship with his chosen people. Key considerations One immediate context. The verse reflects a historical moment where David, as the leader of Israel, acknowledges that human efforts and alliances cannot secure deliverance in battle. It is a plea rooted in Israel's covenant relationship with God, where their victories depended on his favor.

18:13 Two timeless principle. The verse expresses a universal truth, the limitations of human effort and the necessity of relying on God for ultimate deliverance. This truth can resonate beyond the historical and covenantal context of Israel. For Christians, it aligns with the broader biblical teaching that God is our source of help and strength. For example Psalm forty six one John fifteen five three application to us today. While Christians are not under the same covenant as Israel, the principle of trusting God over human means applies to all believers. However, care must be taken not to misapply the verse. For instance, Spiritually, it can be rightly applied as a reminder of our dependence on God for salvation and spiritual sustenance, as human efforts are inadequate for these. Physically, we must avoid misapplying it to guarantee material deliverance or success. The New Testament does not promise believer's freedom from trouble, but assures God's presence and sustaining grace. For example Two Corinthians twelve nine ten conclusion. Psalm sixty eleven contains a truth that can be applied to us. In principle, reliance on God is essential because human strength is limited. However, its specific application should be understood in light of the original context, David's plea for military deliverance and the broader teachings of scripture.

19:45 While we can use this verse to remind ourselves to trust in God's sovereignty. We should avoid directly equating it to our personal situations in the same way it applied to Israel under the Old Covenant. Now, let's consider Psalm ninety one fourteen nine fourteen says, because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him. I will set him on high because he hath known my name KJV. To determine whether this verse can be applied to us today, we must examine its original context, meaning and theological implications. Context of Psalm ninety one. Psalm ninety one is a poetic declaration of God's protection for those who trust in him. It speaks of deliverance, safety, and God's faithfulness. The psalm likely reflects the experiences of those who seek refuge in God during times of danger. Verse fourteen transitions to God speaking directly, promising deliverance and exaltation to the one who loves and knows him. Key considerations one immediate context. The verse refers to God's promises to the faithful individual who loves him, set his love upon me, and knows his name. This reflects an intimate relationship with God marked by life, love, trust, and recognition. Of his character.

21:04 These promises are rooted in the covenant relationship between God and his people, particularly Israel two covenantal and christological fulfillment. While Psalm ninety one has a general application to those who trust in God, it finds its ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ. For example, the New Testament cites Psalm ninety one during Satan's temptation of Jesus Matthew four six and Jesus perfect obedience and trust in God embody the Psalm's promises three principle for believers today, the promise of deliverance for those who love God is consistent with the broader biblical theme of God's care for his people Romans eight twenty eight John fourteen twenty one. However, spiritual deliverance the New Testament emphasizes God's ultimate deliverance from sin and eternal separation Colossians one thirteen fourteen physical deliverance. While God may intervene to protect believers in specific circumstances, there is no guarantee of physical safety in this fallen world. John sixteen thirty three two Timothy three twelve four conditionality of the promise.

22:18 The promise is tied to setting one's love upon God and knowing his name. This implies an ongoing faithful relationship with God. For Christians, this love and knowledge are expressed through faith in Jesus Christ. Application to us today spiritual deliverance. This verse can be applied to us spiritually, as God promises deliverance and eternal security for those who love and trust Him in Christ John ten twenty eight twenty nine Physical deliverance. We should not misapply this verse to claim guaranteed protection from all earthly harm. Christians may face suffering, persecution and physical death, but God promises his sustaining grace and ultimate deliverance in eternity two Corinthians four seventeen eighteen.

23:06 Relationship with God. The focus on setting love upon God and knowing his name emphasizes the relational aspect of faith. For believers. This means growing in love and trust through Christ, who reveals the fullness of God's name John seventeen six conclusion. Psalm ninety one fourteen can be applied to us in principle, particularly in its spiritual promises of deliverance and exaltation through Christ. However, care must be taken not to apply it directly to guarantee physical safety or material blessings. The verse ultimately points us to the deeper truth of God's care for those who trust in Him, culminating in eternal deliverance through faith in Jesus. Summary of what we can learn from Psalm sixty eleven and Psalm ninety one fourteen one Depend on God.

24:01 Both verses highlight the necessity of relying on God for deliverance, protection, and help. Human strength and wisdom are insufficient for ultimate deliverance, and our dependence should be rooted in a faithful relationship with Him. Two God's faithfulness. These verses assure us that God is faithful to those who love and trust him. His care is grounded in his covenantal character and promises which remain applicable to his people. Three Spiritual emphasis. While these verses may reflect physical deliverance in their original context, for example, military victories or safety from danger, their deeper application points to spiritual truths trusting in God for ultimate salvation and finding refuge in his character. Four God's relationship with his people. The promises in these verses are relational, tied to knowing and love God. They remind us that God desires a deep intimate connection with his people, marked by trust and obedience. Warnings and cautions when reading, studying, and teaching the psalms. One, avoid over spiritualization or over literalization.

25:20 The psalms are poetic and use imagery, metaphors, and hyperbole. Care must be taken not to overliteralize promises, for example, guaranteed physical protection, or over spiritualize them in a way that disconnects from their original meaning. Two consider historical and covenant context. Many psalms reflect the unique covenant relationship between God and Israel. Promises made to Israel may not directly transfer to individuals today, but can still point to principles about God's character and faithfulness. Three. Beware of misapplication. Avoid using the psalms to guarantee specific outcomes, for example, health, safety, victory in life. While they contain timeless principles, Applying them as blanket promises without considering their original context can lead to disappointment and theological error. Four. Interpret in light of Christ.

26:22 The psalms often foreshadow Christ and find their ultimate fulfillment in Him. For Christians, understanding how the psalms point to Jesus helps us apply them correctly to our lives. Five, balance encouragement with reality. The psalms contain both expressions of trust and lament. While they provide comfort, they also reflect the challenges of life. Teach both aspects to avoid presenting a one sided view of faith. Six. Account for genre. Recognize that the psalms are songs and prayers meant for worship, reflection, and encouragement. They are not systematic theology or direct promises to all people in all situations.

27:04 Teach humility and submission to God's will. Emphasize that God's ways are higher than ours, and while he is faithful, his deliverance may not always align with our expectations, for example, physical deliverance versus eternal deliverance. Key takeaway for teaching the psalms. When teaching or studying the psalms, emphasize their poetic richness, theological depth, and spiritual application. Focus on God's character and his relationship with his people, while cautioning against reading them as personal guarantees of specific outcomes. Always interpret them through the lens of Christ and the whole of scripture to avoid misapplication. Thank you for joining us for this artificial intelligence created and hosted episode of the Theology Central podcast, Who needs humans When AI can do things better?

27:56 And thereto have it? Who needs humans when A can do it better? And I mean Ai, I was gonna say she it's a female voice. AI broke down the Psalm sixty one and psal one. I believe it, Psalm sixty one to ninety one, broke it down far better than any other person could. And it gave the warnings of don't misapply this. Hey, these aren't blanket promises. Hey, don't do this, Hey, be careful about applying them to this. Don't do this. Here's the warnings when when preaching and teaching and reading the Psalms, make sure you do this. Make sure you balance it with reality. Make sure you do this. Check all of this, hey, And it gives the original context, breaks it down. What is it saying?

28:37 What are the principles highlighted it? Take it? I guarantee you and that ten minutes, AI broke down those two verses and the Psalms better than I bet you most sermons that you can find will do. Now. You may like the sermons because you like the preacher's pacing, you like the sound of their voice, you like anything, but just look at that Ai there was no mistakes, It didn't mispronounce anything, There was any having to swallow, wasn't any any weird sounds with the voice, wasn't anything. No, nothing was mispronounced, nothing was nothing was read. Everything was at an even pace. Now you may say it was very monotone doesn't have the inflection and and maybe excitement. Yeah, some of that will be will be missing currently, But that sounds like a human being to me. That doesn't sound like artificial intelligence. So if it's already that good, and I didn't even mess with the settings, I could have slowed it down a little bit, I could have sped it up. I could have there's all kinds of settings I could mess with. I probably could have fine tuned it to even be a little bit better, a little bit slower, me a little bit more pausing to make it even more life like. But if you listen to that, it sounds like a person breaking down two verses in the Psalms better than preachers, better than preachers. Look,

30:13 we're in January the twenty six We're at January the twenty sixth, we really started our focus on AI. You know, all of January we haven't even reached the end of the month, and I said to you know, AI is going to be the focus all of twenty twenty five. I think we've already proven AI can do anything, can do everything better, can do everything. Why you don't need people? It can do things better. Now I know it's good. It'll be interesting to see the reactions, Bemo. I think people I prefer listening to people. Okay, Now you may prefer to listen to people, but maybe maybe people can speak better, maybe people can be more engaging. But you almost want those people to then speak the words that AI gives them, because AI breaks down the text better than people. I don't think I've ever heard any pastor that cautious about Okay, be careful with these passages. Make sure we don't over spiritualize them, make sure we don't misapply them, make sure we place them in their original context. Oh, we can't make these blanket promises. It broke down two passages and then gave you a summary of what we can learn and what we need to be careful of in regards to reading, studying, and teaching the SOMs. And it did all of that in ten minutes. All right,

31:45 I just wanted to do this really quick, just so that you could hear it. Since I just put it together and there you have it. AI can now now as a tool. I mean, I could use it for all kinds of different ways. You know, Hey, here's today's news. Far as I know, there's no copyright on it right now, it could be taking news. I would just have to say, I would ask I would take news articles. Give it to news article, Give the news articles to AI. Then ask AI to summarize outline, you know, break down these news articles, okay, from a factual perspective, then analyze it, critique it from a philological perspective, put it all together, copy it, boom, hand it to the AI. You know, basically podcast episode maker. Boom. There we go, download the audio and I can say, good afternoon everyone, here's your latest news from a biblical and philological point of view.

32:49 Hit the button, sit there for fifteen twenty minutes. There we go, AI just give you the new Thank you for listening to this episode of the Theology Central podcast. I mean, if you really think about it, if you're willing to do the work now, I would have to spend a whole lot money, because I did like the starter package to really be able to do everything that you want, where it's just like unlimited. You can just convert, convert, convert, convert, convert. You basically, there would be no reason you couldn't almost basically broadcast twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. There would be no reason. If I did any Bible teaching, then I could have AI. Hey, give me an in depth an in depth see I can't even speak right, exegetical study of Genesis fourteen versus one through seven. Okay, whatever, okay, are good, all right, hey, and then just just play it.

33:44 Just let it play everything. Hey, welcome everyone to this episode of Theology Central podcast. Today. We're going to be looking at Genesis fourteen one through seven. All right, boom, and then just sit back and let it go. When it finishes, go to another AI generated episode. You could do like seven hours of a I generated episodes. Then you could come back in you could do fifteen hours of AI generated episodes. You could just basically broadcast twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, and it could be a mixture of you and AI. You and AI. AI could give you devotionals. AI could create Bible quizzes. AI could create I mean you basically could create a radio station of AI generated content that would be twenty four to seven, and I guarantee the AI generated content will be better than the actual people preaching sermons. I don't even know how to wrap my mind around that, but all right, thank you for listening. Everyone, Have a great day, great evening, night, morning week. I don't know even know what time it is. I don't know anything currently, but let's hope, hoping that now somewhere over the next few hours I will slip into a deep coma and you will never hear from me again. Okay, now I want to I want to wake up from the coma, but yeah, let's let's hope and then I can be reset.

35:11 But yeah, all right, thank you for listening. I don't know what to say. The future is here and I don't know what to make of it. God bless