Welcome back to High on Christ! What if the future of your church ran on artificial intelligence? One company has bet nearly half a billion dollars that it will.
Here is what the world is up to.
The Bullets
Pray for Sudan: Rights groups confirmed an arson attack that gutted the only church in a town in Sudan's Nuba Mountains, one more in a wave of church burnings as the country's brutal civil war grinds on.
The Kirk case in court: At the preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, prosecutors played a video of the suspect telling his roommate he "wishes he hadn't done it," as Kirk's widow Erika looked on.
California's new taxes: Starting in 2027, Californians will pay new state taxes on their health plans and, for the first time, on downloaded software, part of a budget critics are calling the largest tax hike in state history.
Agents turned rescuers: Milwaukee ICE agents who were preparing to make an arrest instead rushed to pull a woman from a rollover crash, freeing her from the wreck and giving first aid until paramedics arrived.
A win against malaria: Oxford's Sir Adrian Hill took home a top European inventor award for a malaria vaccine now saving lives across Africa, one that costs under $3 a dose and is up to 80% effective.
Church, Meet AI
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Spiritual Perspective
There's nothing wrong with good tools, and they can genuinely help. But our faith has to stay rooted in God's word itself, the one thing that still holds when every app and server goes dark.
Bible Trivia!
Inspiring Quote
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
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