Obadiah Mariona, who works for Heritage College and Seminary while finishing his master’s degree, joins the hosts to ask how AI is changing education. Andrew brings a study where homework scores rose and exam scores fell, Obadiah explains why he uses AI at work and not in his coursework, and Austin describes how seminary writing has changed since he graduated. Joel makes the case for personalized AI tutoring and Austin asks who can afford it, and the episode ends on authority, the church, and the Heritage Hub, which hosts seminary classes in local churches.
Andrew and Joel sit down with Scott Hurst, a self-described 'average' Toronto pastor, to hear how the AI conversation actually sounds between pastors. Less 'should AI write your sermon' (nobody is) and more rental agreements, meeting minutes, the capacity for mystery, and the pain points a shepherd should never automate away.
SEO is dead, so Andrew reframes the whole question: communication is how we love our neighbor, which means choosing the right medium. The hosts work through email, group texts, church apps like Planning Center, a Google Voice text ministry, and the new robots.txt era of search.