Christian Ethics · Foundational

Technology and AI

Tools are part of the work God gave mankind, and they multiply whatever is in the human heart; a Christian uses them with wisdom, guards his mind and his attention, and never gives a machine the place that belongs to God, to His Word, or to the people of God.

Start Lesson 7 min Read Full Study 15 min Plus

The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.

What you'll learn

Give a Christian view of tools from Genesis 1, Genesis 4, Exodus 31, and Babel

Explain how phones, screens, and social media train the mind and the appetites

Say what artificial intelligence can and cannot be, in light of the image of God

Decide what to trust it with, and why a machine can never be your pastor

Sort what is command and what is liberty, and build habits that keep you free

Lessons in this topic

01How Should Christians Use Technology?Plus7 min

Key passages

Genesis 1:28 Genesis 2:7 Genesis 4:20–24 Exodus 31:3–5 Genesis 11:4–6 Philippians 4:8 Psalm 101:3 Proverbs 4:23 Ephesians 5:15–16 Matthew 5:28 Psalm 115:4–8 Habakkuk 2:18–19 Hebrews 13:17 1 Thessalonians 5:21 2 John 1:12