“If you ask, ‘Why is this happening?’ no light may come, but if you ask, ‘How am I to glorify God now?’ there will always be an answer.”
~ J.I. Packer

Satan wants us to see sin as something good that a bad God doesn’t want us to have. His main lie to us is “sin is not bad, and God is not good".

David Guzik

J.C. Philpot schreef:Satan wants us to see sin as something good that a bad God doesn’t want us to have. His main lie to us is “sin is not bad, and God is not good".

David Guzik

Tegenwoordig gebruikt satan vooral deze tactiek: God is zo goed is dat Hij vooral wil dat je gelukkig bent; zonde is daarom niet zo erg; Hij vergeeft het wel.

Toch kan de duivel ook gebruiken; vooraf dat die zonde klein is, dat het daarom niet uitmaakt, en als de zonde begaan is, dat deze te groot is, dan dat zij vergeven kan worden, (naar Watson)

We must maintain control.
Another important aspect of AI to keep in mind is that its effectiveness is tied directly to the quality of datasets it is trained on. Garbage in, garbage out. This makes it imperative to operate AI systems on private, independent infrastructure, when at all possible, to avoid some of the censorship and bias that third-party systems may impose on the models.

Keeping it private and independent.
Here at SermonAudio, we are not just building a platform for broadcasting sermons, we are also building the private infrastructure needed to protect our ability to broadcast faithful Bible-preaching that may go beyond the normal guardrails of other systems—whether by way of policy restrictions or, nowadays, AI models. For example, some models will actually refuse to translate some sermons or phrases that are more controversial in nature.
(Steven Lee)

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My God, and is Thy table spread?
And does Thy cup with love o'erflow?
Thither be all Thy children led,
And let them all its sweetness know.

Hail, sacred feast, which Jesus makes!
Rich banquet of His flesh and blood!
Thrice happy he who here partakes
That sacred stream, that heavenly food!

O let Thy table honored be,
And furnished well with joyful guests;
And may each soul salvation see
That here its sacred pledges tastes.

Let crowds approach with hearts prepared,
With hearts inflamed let all attend;
Nor, when we leave our Fathers board,
The pleasure or the profit end.

Revive Thy drooping Churches, Lord!
And bid our drooping graces live;
And more, that energy afford,
A Saviour's love alone can give.

--Philip Doddridge (1702-1751)