Drew Dickens | When does AI Become a Spiritual Problem?

About this sermon

Thank you for listening to The Unbound Podcast with Dr. Tony Evans. For more biblical teaching and ministry resources, visit www.TonyEvans.org, and if you’d like to go deeper in your study of Scripture, you can explore online courses at https://www.tonyevanstraining.org/ Dr. Drew Dickens is a theologian, author and speaker who explores the intersection of artificial intelligence, spiritual formation and what it means to be human. In this episode of The Unbound Podcast, Dr. Tony Evans sits down with Dr. Dickens for a timely conversation about AI, faith and the responsibility Christians have to use rapidly advancing technology with wisdom and discernment. Together, they unpack what artificial intelligence actually is, why it is more than just another technological tool and how easily something designed to assist us can begin to influence, shape and even disciple us. Dr. Dickens explains why AI can be useful without being neutral, especially when people begin turning to it for spiritual guidance, emotional support or answers that belong within a relationship with God and biblical community. The conversation also explores what AI cannot replace: the work of the Holy Spirit, the authority of Scripture, the value of human relationships and the difficult but necessary process of wrestling with God’s Word for ourselves. Dr. Evans and Dr. Dickens discuss practical ways pastors, churches, families and individual believers can establish healthy boundaries while still using technology to advance kingdom purposes. They also take on some of the bigger questions surrounding AI. What does it mean to be made in the image of God when technology can imitate more and more human abilities? Can AI become an idol? How should Christians think about its role in discipleship, ministry and even the future? This is not a conversation about fearing technology or blindly embracing it. It is about remembering who is in control, knowing where the boundaries belong and learning how to use a powerful tool without allowing that tool to take a place only God should occupy. Because the question is not simply what AI can do. It is whether we will have the wisdom to know what it should do. Website: https://drewdickens.com/ Substack: https://drewdickens.substack.com/ ——————————————————————— The Unbound Podcast is a weekly space for conversations that don’t rush to conclusions. Each episode explores what it means to live free from what binds us—pressure, fear, reputation and the need to have it all figured out—through thoughtful dialogue and lived experience. Senior Producer & Creative Director: Heather Hair Technical Director, Audio & Lead Editor: Lee Sherman #TonyEvans #TonyEvansPodcast #UnboundPodcast