AI “Worship”: Should We Sing Praise Songs That Are Computer-Generated?

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1

• The #1 song on the charts is AI-generated.

• Can something that a machine created truly be considered worship?

• Worship isn’t simply content… it’s communion with a personal God.

Segment 2

• AI music might seem slick— but it lacks true soul.

• You wouldn’t watch robots play football… so why let them lead worship?

• AI sermons may soon multiply, but authentic worship can’t be automated.

Segment 3

• Praising God with stuff your computer wrote is laziness, not worship.

• “AI worship” exposes how shallow modern Christianity and the western church is becoming.

• Our secular culture is trying to tell us that “climate change denial” is a spiritual issue.

Segment 4

• Government handouts are not the fruits of the Spirit.

• If generosity is required by the government, it’s no longer truly generous or charitable.

• True giving flows from a renewed heart, not from legislation.

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