Our Responsibility and God’s Mercy
Abraham and AI by Justin Crisp
Episode notes
Father Justin is sharing his summer sermons on Abraham and AI as a podcast! Share them with friends or family, and keep up to speed spiritually in your summer rhythm. In Father Justin’s third sermon, he tackles God’s command to Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. Two crucial moral lessons transcend time. First, we learn that true morality isn’t something we invent ourselves or mechanically derive from rules. Rather, it flows from our personal relationship with a transcendent God who reveals right and wrong to us. Second, Abraham knew God’s character so intimately that even when commanded to do the unthinkable, he trusted God would provide a way forward. As we face unprecedented ethical questions about AI, we need Abraham’s faith: listening for God's guidance and trusting in His ultimate provision. We need the moral insight that comes only through relatio ...