By now you have surely heard of AI or Artificial Intelligence. It is already having some form of influence in most lives whether we want to believe it or not ... and it is not going away. From search engines on the web, electronic voice activated accessories in our homes, and the phone you may be reading this from, even to the books and articles being published around the world; AI has made its grand entrance. For many it seems it just happened overnight. But in reality it was being discussed and experimented with in the Mid-twentieth century. The Bible does touch on the subject in Revelation 13. What's commonly known as the "Mark of the Beast" and "The Image of the Beast," both have worldwide implication that could never have become a reality without AI. For instance, up until the last century, there had never been a way to communicate anywhere in the world, let alone pry into the personal lives of so many around the globe - and that in mere seconds. That abil...
You can't beat the weather: Spring is too rainy and summer's too hot; Fall is soon over and winter is not.* An astute observer would note the poetic verse above had to be written in the season of winter and probably on a bad hair day! All too well we know the feeling and we chuckle along with the author. But, nevertheless, the seasonal cycle does continue; winter does fade and soon gives birth to the spring of new life. And new life is what I want to speak of for a moment. Often, I find myself looking through history books and reading old news articles, all the while thinking, the writer, the characters and all involved have long passed on to eternity. I wonder what they thought of the future ahead--the days they would never see? You see, life does go on. No matter how inconspicuous and shifting it may be to us, it has its own life, its own people, its own places, and its own news. For most, a glimpse of our future will never be known. But there was such a one who d...