#149 Godless Tech Overlords Are Programming Your Kids' AI—Here’s How to Fight Back

Today’s question: Whose morality will AI reflect? Are we building machines that reflect God’s truth—or man’s rebellion? AI isn’t neutral. Every line of code carries a worldview.

Opening Scripture & Frame
Proverbs 21 shows us that God weighs the heart. Technology is not morally neutral—it reflects the values of its creators. The question is: whose standard are we using?

Main Ideas
AI mirrors its makers. Sam Altman and OpenAI may claim neutrality, but the moral framework behind AI comes from fallen humans who reject God’s authority. There’s no such thing as value-neutral technology.

Greg Bahnsen’s illustration of the “apple sorting machine” nails it—if you don’t already know what a good apple is, you can’t build a machine to sort them. Likewise, if you reject the Triune God as the standard of truth, your AI “sorting” will be arbitrary or corrupt.

Romans 2 says that the law is written on every heart. That means every coder, CEO, and tech giant has a conscience—they just suppress it. So we can’t outsource morality to machines. We must measure every idea against Scripture.

Application for Men
Brothers, as Christian men, you are the moral leaders in your homes, churches, and communities. You are responsible to discern truth from deception in the digital age. The world wants your sons to trust AI more than Scripture. You must teach them to test everything by God’s Word.

Action Step #1 – Spiritual Formation
Be in the Word daily. Lead family devotions. Discuss technology and discernment with your kids. Don’t let Silicon Valley catechize your household—you must. Get your family worship playbook here: https://thethink.institute/store/p/family-worship-playbook-5-day-challenge

Action Step #2 – Get Equipped
Download the Spiritual Warfare Guide (linked in the episode notes). Learn how to recognize and resist the world’s systems of false worship—including the idol of AI. Go to https://thethink.institute/store/p/spiritual-warfare-guide to get your guide now.

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Action Step #5 – Spread the Movement
Share this episode. Tag @thinkinstitute. Start a local Think chapter in your church or men’s group. Host worldview roundtables and invite your pastor and friends. Don’t just consume—multiply.

Closing Challenge
Technology won’t save civilization—truth will. And truth belongs to Jesus Christ. Equip yourself. Guard your family. Lead with conviction. We’re not building machines—we’re building men who will stand.

Because the future doesn’t belong to the algorithm. It belongs to the men who know the Word and live by it.