Michael S. Graham
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Program Director for The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics. Executive Producer for As in Heaven podcast. Author of The Great Dechurching.
Orlando, FL
Joined May 2009
Jim Davis and I are giving away something we are proud of - a toolkit to help local church leaders. This data-driven resource will help your leadership team close the back door, open the front door, & send your members out better equipped. Brief thread:.
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A lot of interesting new insights here from this survey:.
šNew Poll Alertā¼ļø. Fascinating findings on. - Decline of 3rd places.- Shift in attitudes on gay rights, immigration and free speech.- Single men lack physical affection.- Young men turn against pornography.- How friendship helps dating
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RT @DrGladd: Did you know that The Carson Center has ten essays on crucial themes that run through the Bible? š¤. Please share this link farā¦.
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The MAID conversation is coming to the USA and it is a always good time to reflect on Heidelberg:.
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This is one of the wildest stories Iāve ever heard and is a must listen. Grab the tissues as itās a rollercoaster:.
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āWhat does a human slowly going insane look like to a corporation?ā Mr. Yudkowsky asked in an interview. āIt looks like an additional monthly user.ā.
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Been using $GOOGL Gemini Pro 2.5 beta this entire week and putting identical prompts into @OpenAI Deep Research and it isnāt even close. Gemini Pro 2.5 does laps around Deep Research for literally ONE TENTH THE PRICE. Iām not sure why anyone is paying for DR right now.
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This is one of those rare must listen to podcast episodes where @DouthatNYT interviews an ex-OpenAI engineer. Lots to consider about AGI/ASI, consciousness, the future of democracy/economics/labor.
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I would appreciate an entire @starwars season on the backstory of Luthen Rael starring Stellan Skarsgard.
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Stellan SkarsgƄrd is one of the greatest actors of our time. He is serially underrated.
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Now is a good time to reread this 2024 article by Alan Noble:.
āHe would listen to the bot over me.ā. āIt gave my husband the title of āspark bearerā because he brought it to life.ā. āAm I delusional?ā. Relationships are being destroyed thanks to spiritual mania and arcane prophecy ā all fueled by AI chatbots: .
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Excellent read from @arthurbrooks on Harvardās new large Global Flourishing Study. Happiness is down especially among young people in highly secular countries but thereās likely happy young people who are outliers among those who still go to church.
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I love reading these kinds of reflections. The church isnāt perfect but itās where we find grace, Jesus, and His imperfect family. Jesus is the one thing in life that doesnāt over promise and under deliver:.
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Question for those who frequently speak publicly:. What questions do you ask yourself for self-evaluation after you speak?. Here are mine:.1. What did I learn?.2. What did I say that landed?.3. What questions did people ask that I didnāt have answers to?.
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It's hard not to be dystopian about these types of tech use cases brought to us by the same people who fractured society in the West with impunity. The church *could* be in a good position to re-humanize humanity in the face of dramatic economic, relational, and tech shifts.
Zuckerberg explaining how Meta is creating personalized AI friends to supplement your real ones: āThe average American has 3 friends, but has demand for 15.ā
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So much of discipleship today boils down to this:. Get off the internet.
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I couldnāt agree more with these reflections from @collinhansen on TGC25. These have become canāt miss events for me and I have dozens of real world deep friendships purely because I showed up:.
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These are really good:.
My advice to a first-time lead pastor:. 1. Accept that you are the spiritual & relational thermostat of the church. Individuals will certainly be more godly than you. But in a mysterious way, you will set a tone that will permeate the congregation as a whole. So raise your game.
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