AI, Truth, and the Christian Mind with Rob McDole
The Heidi St. John Podcast
Heidi St. John
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🗓️ 29 December 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Should AI be your tutor? Your counselor? Your kid’s shortcut? Today we’re asking the hard questions about artificial intelligence and faith. My guest, Rob McDole of Cedarville University, explains why discernment matters more than ever, how closed AI systems work, and what it looks like to prepare students spiritually—not just technologically—for the future. If you’re a parent, educator, or leader, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.
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| 1:15.0 | Hey, everybody. This is the Heidi St. John podcast. I'm glad that you guys are here today. Today we're going to dive into a conversation that is shaping not just around education and technology, but the future that our kids are waking up to |
| 1:29.5 | every single day. You guys know that I love talking about AI and I think it's an important |
| 1:34.1 | conversation to keep having because whether we like it or not, AI is here to stay and it's |
| 1:39.9 | advancing faster than most of us can keep up with. But here's a really good question for you |
| 1:44.1 | as I think about this for a second. How should Christians think about AI? advancing faster than most of us can keep up with. But here's a really good question for you. |
| 1:49.4 | So think about this for a second. How should Christians think about AI? Is it just another tool? |
| 1:55.8 | Is it neutral? Does it have a personality? Should it be your counselor? How do we disciple our teens, our college students, and young adults to use it wisely without outsourcing their thinking or surrendering their biblical |
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