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When thinking atrophies
The end of 2022 was marked by the public release of chatGPT, the chatbot that changed everything. It could answer all questions about everything. It almost felt like someone was sitting at the back and answering everything. Before chatGPT the height of conversations chats was this below this and other simple statistical based chatbots powered by the likes of API.ai and IBM’s Watson. It didn’t take…
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Jesus on the Cross: A Lesson in Responsibility
A persons first words don’t really matter that much. It in in your last moments that the true character of someone really emerges. Let me give Harry Potter example Only in his last moments did we really get to see who Snape really was. Did we see all the love in his eyes. Severus Snape's last words to Harry were simply "Look at me", to see Lily Evans' eyes once more before he died. And off-course…
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Biblical Commitment in a "Feelings First" World
1 Tim 4:12 Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity. "I'll definitely be there!" How many times have you said those words—or heard them from someone else—only to watch that commitment vanish at the first hint of inconvenience? In our digital age of instant gratification and endless options…
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Deconstructing prayer
Last week Ps. Dexter shared with us the five marks of a healthy church. And the last point was about prayer and he gave us this quote - Prayer is the battering ram against all strongholds. I might be paraphrasing. However the impression on the power of prayer was enough to trigger something in my brain. Another quote that he shared that day - I care not if the place is crowded at your other servi…
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Trellis > Vine ?
I was watching this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQFj0c3QrOA In the video Jared talks about how the focus of most universities has changed. Here is the outline what what he shared 💰 Universities have become way too expensive 🎓 The marketing for universities is no longer academic and research driven, it’s experience driven 🎪 The students are being sold a college experience, the event…
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Modeh Ani - Chosen series
I was rewatching the chosen series, and I saw everyone praying the same prayer each morning I thank You, living and enduring King, for You have graciously returned my soul within me. Great is Your faithfulness. I thought it was odd - “returned my soul within me“ and decided to google it. This prayer is called the Modeh Ani. first appears in the work Seder haYom by the 16th century rabbi Moshe ben…
