Artificial intelligence is advancing unlike anything seen since the Industrial Revolution. But for a growing number of people, AI represents something far different--a direct threat to their jobs, their communities, and perhaps even the future of human society. That growing divide is creating one of the most significant cultural and political battles of the coming decade.
The debate is no longer merely about healthcare. It is about authority. It is about whether parents remain the primary decision-makers in their children's lives--or whether the state increasingly views them as optional participants.
America's two major political parties were given an opportunity this week to show where they stood on the alliance with Israel and gave the nation a clear answer to the question.
Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to computers. It is acquiring a body. That changes everything.
There was a time when Europe's greatest threats came from outside its borders. But what if Europe's greatest crisis isn't coming from outside at all? What if it has already been set in motion from within?
A Mississippi pastor recently ignited a firestorm after reportedly posting the names of church members on Facebook who had failed to pay their tithes. The controversy raises a much larger question than one pastor's judgment. It forces Christians to ask an uncomfortable but necessary question: Where is the line between teaching biblical stewardship and manipulating God's people?
Last week, Amnesty International UK published a report titled "A Growing Threat: The Anti-Rights Movement in the UK," identifying 117 organizations it labeled "anti-rights." Among them were not only pro-life groups and organizations advocating gender-critical views, but a remarkable number of mainstream Christian ministries and institutions.
Imagine walking into church on Sunday morning. The pastor lifts the communion bread, and instead of the familiar loaf symbolizing Christ's broken body, it has been dyed in the colors of the rainbow. Before a word is preached, one of Christianity's most sacred ordinances has already become a cultural statement.
The story almost sounds too unbelievable to be true. A homosexual couple is suing the surrogate mother they hired-not because she harmed their baby, but because she refused to abort him.
If aerial drones transformed warfare over the past two decades, sea drones may be about to do the same for the world's oceans.
Some people seem impossible to reach. You pray for them. You talk with them. You love them. Yet nothing seems to change. Eventually, even people of faith begin to wonder whether hardened hearts will ever open to the gospel.
Today's vehicles are no longer simply machines powered by gasoline and steel. They are rolling computers equipped with artificial intelligence, GPS tracking, cloud connectivity, cameras, microphones, biometric sensors, wireless software updates, and the ability to communicate with dozens of systems outside the vehicle.