Qualitatively Speaking

In our culture, we prioritize quantitative over qualitative. We like things to be measurable, definitive, binary. This is what we do with eternal life. Heaven or hell. Starting at the point of physical death and reaching forward. But, Biblically, eternal life is eternal in both directions. It's a river of life with the Triune God that has always been, and always will be, love. It's knowing God. We're invited into that life now. It's an eternal kind of life. A quality of life that just happens to have an immeasurable quantity.

AI

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. — Prov. 9:10

AI is the buzz right now. Like most technologies, it will be used for good and for harm. But will it replace humans? In one sense, yes. I am confident AI will replace humans in some jobs. But in another sense, no. Wisdom must be valued above intelligence, and there is no such thing as artificial wisdom. Will machines humble themselves (understand, stand under) before the Lord? Will machines come to know the Holy One and experience eternal life?

Too Simple

I learned in college chemistry that ingredients A and B do not yield C, like I was taught in High School. They yield A+B+C, plus some other things probably. My physicist son tells me most of what I learned in Physics was greatly simplified. Reality makes even supercomputers sweat. In Engineering, we add a safety factor because we can't know everything. Physiology is ridiculously complex. The same is true of faith and eternal life. An invitation to know God (eternal life) can't be reduced to four principles and a diagram.