Welcome back to High on Christ! A very British institution just decided the greatest story ever told deserves a fresh four-part telling. We will get into it.

Here is what the world is up to.

The Bullets

  • A Robotaxi With No Steering Wheel: Tesla rolled out its Cybercab, a fully self-driving taxi with no steering wheel and no pedals, onto public roads in Austin, with only a safety monitor along for the ride.

  • Baptists vs. Christian Nationalism: A new Baptist network launched to oppose the blending of faith and nationalism and foster Black church collaboration, as the Progressive National Baptist Convention plans a Freedom Sunday tied to July 4 and America's 250th.

  • Two Harvard Dropouts vs. Nvidia: The world's most valuable company, Nvidia, just picked up a serious challenger: Etched, an AI-chip startup founded by two Harvard dropouts, hit a $5 billion valuation.

  • AI Models Back From the Dead: After the Trump administration abruptly pulled Anthropic's Fable and Mythos AI models offline over a jailbreak scare, the government finally lifted the restrictions and the models are back online.

The BBC Found Jesus

The BBC is making a big new series about Jesus.
Like a drama? Actors and all?
More of a documentary. Four parts, historians, archaeologists, the works.
So is it going to be skeptical, or friendly?
Depends who you ask. It leans on the Gospel accounts alongside archaeology and new tech to rebuild his world.
Whose voices are in it?
Christian scholars, plus Jewish and Muslim faith leaders weighing in on his significance.
Interesting mix. When's it out?
2027. They're calling it a 'landmark' series, made by Wonderhood Studios.
Any risk it waters him down?
That's the worry for some. Others say serious mainstream attention on Jesus is a win either way.
So the debate started before a single episode aired.
Basically. Everyone's watching to see how they handle him.

Read more here.

Spiritual Perspective

There's something fitting about the world's biggest broadcaster spending four hours on a first-century carpenter, and something a documentary can never quite capture. Archaeology can show us the roads He walked and the politics He navigated, and that is genuinely worth seeing. But Jesus Himself pressed past the historical question to a personal one: "But who do you say that I am?" (Matthew 16:15, ESV). You can study the world of Jesus at arm's length and still miss Him, or you can let the question land. However the BBC frames Him in 2027, that is still the question that matters most.

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Inspiring Quote

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

- C.S. Lewis

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