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Formed to Discern: Toward a Practical Theology of Communal Discernment for the Church

Hetrick, Kyle

Congregational discernment is frequently invoked whenever Christians gather to make decisions, yet the term often names practices that are theologically different: strategic planning opened with prayer, majority preference, clerical control, unmanaged intuition, therapeutic harmony, or religious endorsement of decisions already made. This article…

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When Artificial Intelligence Becomes a Spiritual Authority: Christian Discernment in the Age of Algorithms

Grace, Daniel J.

Generative artificial intelligence has moved from a specialised technical instrument into an everyday conversational presence. People now ask AI systems for moral advice, biblical interpretation, prayer, vocational guidance, emotional reassurance, and answers to questions of meaning. This article examines the transfer of spiritual…

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