Gabriel Hughes on UFO Disclosures

AI and Systematic Theology

The following is from the article: AI is Coming for Your Systematic Theology by Tim Challies:

A recent article at The American Scholar asks Who Is Blake Whiting? Whiting appears to be the most prolific scholar of our age, sometimes publishing up to 13 books a week “on a host of complex archaeological and historical subjects, ranging from the collapse of Near Eastern civilizations in 1177 BCE to the recent discovery of a huge Silk Road–era city in Central Asia.” He must be quite the individual!

But as you no doubt guessed, he is not an individual at all. Rather, Blake Whiting is fabricated, and the books under his name have been generated using AI. Andrew Lawler, who wrote the article for The American Scholar, warns that, “His fake persona is harbinger of an alarming trend threatening disaster to academics and journalists alike.” And theologians, I would add, as well as those who read books by them. 

When I read Lawler’s article, I was already working on one of my own that addresses the same phenomenon, but from the perspective of a Christian reader. If you were to visit Amazon today and search for “systematic theology,” it would not take you long to find a host of similar works. Many of them have scads of enthusiastic reviews and feature realistic-sounding author bios that say things like, he “is a Christian author and teacher of systematic theology with a passion for making biblical doctrine clear, accessible, and meaningful for today’s readers.” Yet in reality, he does not exist at all, and the books under his name have been generated through nothing more than clever prompting of a Large Language Model.

I want you to know about these books because I want you to be aware that this is happening. I want you to know it’s happening because it’s likely that things will get far worse before they get any better. I’ll first introduce you to this slop theology, then discuss the threat these books represent, and then tell you how you can identify them.

Read the entire post here.

Jesse Randolph Addresses the Most Misquoted Verse in the Bible

For Those Wondering About Interracial Marriage

It seems there is discussion if the Bible forbids interracial marriage. It is really baffling that people in the church are having this discussion in the 21st century, but here we are. There have been well written blogs on this issue, so I am going to give a simple answer: no.

People thought God forbid interracial marriage in the Old Testament which he did forbid the people of Israel not because of their race, but for their worship of false gods. Mark Tatlock wrote:

In the Old Testament, interracial marriage was not forbidden on the basis of ethnicity but rather idolatry. Since national membership and faith were linked in identity, ethnicity was linked to idol worship. The basis of God's prohibitions was to prevent false worship from being integrated into the Jewish culture; therefore, an Israelite could not marry a person who was not a true worshipper of God. This is still true for the believer today (2 Corinthians 6:14). For God's people, marriage has always been an issue of faith, not race.

Here is the proof from the book of Deuteronomy:

When Yahweh your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, and He clears away many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and stronger than you, and when Yahweh your God gives them over before you and you strike them down, then you shall devote them to destruction. You shall cut no covenant with them and show no favor to them. Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons. For they will turn your sons away from following Me, and they will serve other gods; then the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you, and He will quickly destroy you (Deuteronomy 7:1-4, LSB).

The Bible is clear that marriage is for one man and one woman which does not say about skin color or ethnicity. It does mention that we should make sure whoever we marry worships the one true God. The Bible does not forbid interracial marriage. 

Virgil Walker Addressing Race, Identity, and DEI

Jon Benzinger Speaks with a Former Muslim Regarding If Islam is a Religion or a Political Power

On the Redeeming Truth Podcast, Jon Benzinger is joined by Dan Burmawi, who is a former Muslim, about his upbringing, how he came to faith in Christ, how Christians can stand for truth, and other topics. 

Scott Aniol and James White Discuss Islam in America

With Islam in the news especially with its growth in America, what are Christians to do. In this video, Scott Aniol is joined by James White to discuss what Islam believes and the challenges American Christians face in reaching them with the gospel.

Recommended Resource:

What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur'an by James White

Darrell Harrison on the Truth about Gender and Gender Identity

A Conversation Regarding A.I.

Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) was once a concept in Science Fiction. Now these days, it is the talk of the town. You cannot escape conversations about A.I. and it seems people use it for simple tasks. 

In video, Scott Aniol talks with Dr. Brian Dellinger, a professor of Computer Science, on how we should approach A.I. from a Biblical Worldview. 

Jon Benzinger on the State of Theology

Is Polygamy Permissible?

Over at Protestia, we see a story of a pastor who said he had two wives and claims polygamy is biblical. If you are the Old Testament, you see many men had multiple wives. So, the question is this, is polygamy permissible? To answer that question, here is Robby Lashua addressing this issue in his article, Polygamy in the Bible Is Not Prescriptive:

The ugly truth is that many of the heroes in the Old Testament were polygamists. Jacob had two wives and Esau had three. King David, the man after God’s own heart, had at least eight wives. Solomon, not to be outdone, had a staggering seven hundred wives (1 Kings 11:3).

These examples from Scripture are perplexing because God used these men to do great things for his name and his people. Would God use men who were living in sexually sinful lifestyles to fulfill his purposes? Was polygamy permissible for these patriarchs, and if it was, is it permissible for us?

To answer these questions, we need to determine one thing. Are these passages about polygamy prescriptive or descriptive? Are they prescribing how we are supposed to live, or are they describing events from the past?

Many passages in Scripture describe events God doesn’t condone. Lot’s daughters getting him drunk and having sex with him comes to mind (Gen. 19:32–36). But many passages of Scripture prescribe how we are to live as followers of God, such as when Jesus prescribes loving God with all of our heart, soul, and mind (Matt. 22:37).

Is polygamy prescriptive? The short answer is no. Here’s why. God never commands or condones polygamy in Scripture. The opposite is true.

The first mention of polygamy in Scripture says, “Lamech took to himself two wives” (Gen. 4:19). We are then told that Lamech, a descendant of Cain, boasted to his wives about murdering a boy (Gen. 4:23). Lamech was a bad man, and polygamy is something he practiced.

Not only does God never command or condone polygamy, but he also condemns it. In Deuteronomy 17, God gives instructions for the future kings of Israel, and he specifically condemns taking on many wives. “He shall not multiply wives for himself, or else his heart will turn away” (Deut. 17:17). In other words, God wasn’t okay with David and Solomon having multiple wives, and they disobeyed his commands.

What does God prescribe for marriage? Monogamy. From the very beginning, God said marriage was one man and one woman becoming one flesh for one lifetime (Gen. 2:24). We can deduce this from the fact that God only gave Adam one wife, not multiple. We can also see that marriage comes with the command to be fruitful and multiply, something that only requires one male and one female.

Monogamy was also Jesus’ view. When asked a question about divorce being permissible, Jesus argued that God intended marriage to be lifelong and monogamous (Matt. 19:8). He didn’t base his understanding of marriage on what the Law of Moses said about divorce; he went back to God’s original intention for marriage: “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate” (Matt. 19:4-6). Two become one flesh. Polygamy is not prescriptive; monogamy is.

Since polygamy is not prescriptive, then it must be descriptive. But what exactly does Scripture describe about polygamy and its results?

In short, polygamy is described as having devastating consequences for those who practice it and for those born as a result of it.

Jacob’s firstborn son, Reuben, by his first wife Leah, had sex with Bilhah, Jacob’s concubine (Gen. 35:22). David’s son Amnon raped his half-sister Tamar and was then killed by Tamar’s full brother Absalom (2 Sam. 13). Absalom then tried to usurp the throne from his father David and had sex with David’s concubines (2 Sam. 16:22). Solomon “had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away” (1 Kings 11:3). These descriptions are sad reminders that polygamy is sin and has destructive consequences.

So, how should we view the patriarchs of the Old Testament who practiced polygamy? First, we must recognize that polygamy is described as something they practiced but never as something God prescribed. We should view these men as they are described, flawed human beings, who sinned immensely, that God still loved and worked through. This should encourage us because we all are sinners. I’m glad God works with flawed people like you and me, but make no mistake, polygamy is not and has never been intended by God.

Jon Harris and Megan Basham Debunk the Third Way from Tim Keller

Scott Aniol on How Christians Should View Modern Israel

A Discussion on If Wokeness is Dead in the Church

James Coates on the Assassination of Charlie Kirk

By now, you may have heard numerous messages on the assassination of Charlie Kirk that took place on September 10, 2025. I have heard quite a few from various sermons or podcasts. I stumbled upon this one from James Coates who pastors GraceLife Church in Edmonton. Coates was arrested and put in jail in 2020 during the COVID lockdowns in Canada for having church. Coates offers his perspective on what took place.

Costi Hinn: Do Not Fear Them

Virgil Walker: Christ in Culture: The Five Things Every Christian Needs to Know

This sermon was preached on the weekend following the assassination of Charlie Kirk at Redeemer Bible Church in Gilbert, AZ:  

Wicked World Good God

With everything that has happened over the past week with the murders of Iryna Zarutska and Charlie Kirk, I highly recommend this video from Justin Peters:

Tom Hicks on Christian Nationalism

In this video, Tom Hicks gives a critique on Christian Nationalism especially the book written by Stephen Wolfe. Tom is co-author of Theonomy Old and New: A Reformed Baptist Assessment with Sam Waldron:

Christopher Yuan and Alisa Childers Discuss the Pillars of Side B "Theology"