Wretched Radio with Todd Friel AI “Worship”: Should We Sing Praise Songs That Are Computer-Generated?
Dec 2, 2025
AI has entered the worship scene with chart-topping songs, raising questions about the authenticity of machine-generated praise. The lack of soul in AI music highlights a troubling trend in modern worship, where true connection with God is at risk. As AI becomes a tool for sermon writing, it risks diluting the spiritual effort that comes from personal devotion. The discussion also touches on the thin line between government-required generosity and genuine giving, emphasizing that true charity must flow from the heart, not from legislation.
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Worship Requires Human Communion
- Todd Friel argues AI-written worship lacks essential humanity and cannot offer true communion with God.
- He insists worship requires human persons offering poetic, heartfelt language unique to image-bearers.
Worship As Highest Human Communication
- Friel frames worship as the highest human communication, best expressed as poetic language with meter and rhyme.
- He claims only humans can offer that lofty, soul-originated praise to God.
AI Worship Song Example
- Friel describes the viral AI worship song and an AI-generated video of a pixelated man in a church.
- He uses this example to predict AI will force churches to wrestle with automated worship and preaching.
