Jason Lee McKinney

The rise of artificial intelligence is a game changer for how we relate to technology. AI raises practical and ethical questions about our future-questions that are currently generating a great deal of anxiety and hope. But AI also raises deeper metaphysical questions about selfhood and humanity. What does it mean to be a person? What gives human life value? Are human beings truly unique? If so, how? Though these questions are increasingly unavoidable, most people are underprepared to answer them. What is a Person in the age of AI?. This is a topic that must be addressed head on. The implications are far-reaching and increasingly relevant. As we consider the reality of personhood, we come face-to-face with the most fundamental questions of life: who we are, and where we find meaning. Author, apologist, and respected theologian Gavin Ortlund offers a foreword that frames What is a Person in the Age of AI? as a timely and theologically grounded guide to human identity in a technological era. Internationally known pastor, author, and speaker on identity Sam Allberry provides an afterword that anchors What is a Person in the Age of AI? in Scripture and highlights its cultural and spiritual relevance.

Thomas-one of the twelve disciples-was not with the other disciples when the resurrected Christ appeared to them. They told him, "We have seen the Lord "Thomas replied, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."For seven days Thomas lived in this doubt without the evidence he was asking for, then Jesus showed up literally in the flesh. Thomas was able to see and touch Jesus, and he responded with faith saying, "My Lord and my God "Then Jesus spoke those precious words, "You believed because you have seen me. Blessed are those who have not seen me but still have believed."Friends, be encouraged. Jesus is talking about us None of us heard Jesus teach at the Sermon on the Mount. None of us saw Him heal the sick or raise the dead or turn water into wine. We have all believe without ever seeing the resurrected Christ.And for those of us who might require a little more evidence, Jesus is there to offer it, just like He did for Thomas.

Thomas-one of the twelve disciples-was not with the other disciples when the resurrected Christ appeared to them. They told him, "We have seen the Lord "Thomas replied, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."For seven days Thomas lived in this doubt without the evidence he was asking for, then Jesus showed up literally in the flesh. Thomas was able to see and touch Jesus, and he responded with faith saying, "My Lord and my God "Then Jesus spoke those precious words, "You believed because you have seen me. Blessed are those who have not seen me but still have believed."Friends, be encouraged. Jesus is talking about us None of us heard Jesus teach at the Sermon on the Mount. None of us saw Him heal the sick or raise the dead or turn water into wine. We have all believe without ever seeing the resurrected Christ.And for those of us who might require a little more evidence, Jesus is there to offer it, just like He did for Thomas.

Deconstructing a Disciple's Doubt is one half philosophy of religion textbook; one half autobiography, and one half pop culture fish wrap for easy digestion. Perhaps the only comfort you can take from the previous statement is that this book for sure is not an advanced arithmetic (or even basic arithmetic) textbook. If that is what you are looking for go ask your local librarian to find it using the Dewey decimal system or type in "Books by guys who know something can't have 3 halves" into the Amazon search bar; this book is not for you. In fact, this book is NOT a lot of things. It is not a book for philosophers to continue in their circular self-congratulating co-misery of championing how much smarter they are than everyone else. Nor is it a book for those who treat reasonable questions of faith, existence, and the meaning of life like witchcraft. It is not for those who counter those who struggle with their beliefs with the platitude of "you just gotta believe brother " This book is not for the settled and the steady, the safe and the secure. It's not for the atheist who thinks people of faith are militant backwoods uneducated idiots who are fooled by fairytales nor is it for people of faith who just cannot fathom why and how someone might not believe in God. This book is for doubting Thomases and denying Peters; it's for atheists whose fondest memories are of their devout grandmothers reading them the old stories of the faith. This book is for the believer who does not understand for the life of them why certain things appear to be the way they are. This book is for the atheists who understand why their friend has faith and it is for the friend who understands how someone could be an atheist. This book is for the wonderers and wanderers. Those who not only doubt but are brave enough or plagued enough to doubt everything. This book is absolutely for those who doubt their doubt. This book is for those who ask the questions: why does existence exist at all? Is there a point and a purpose to the universe being the way it is? What is the true nature of truth? Why is there so much evil? Is there such a thing as evil if there is not purpose? Is there a difference truly between the world's religions that connects to ultimate reality?