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Cohere will go beyond discussions of online community, social networks and social media and look at the bigger picture - perhaps the biggest picture: the complex, digitally augmented global community we now all belong to, whether we like it or not! The Big Idea: Complex human networks have sprung up globally, driven in large part by exponential technologies such as AI, automation, and space-based internet. Imagine what will happen when three billion more people come online in the next five y ...
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In Romans 9-11, Paul answers perceived Jewish objections to God's rejection of the nation of Israel. He explains the sovereignty of God, including God's choice on how man is saved. While the Jews sought to be righteous by the works of the Law of Moses, more fundamentally their flaw was simply refusing the plan God had authored. We could be guilty t…
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In Romans 9-11, Paul answers perceived Jewish objections to God's rejection of the nation of Israel. He explains the sovereignty of God, including God's choice on how man is saved. While the Jews sought to be righteous by the works of the Law of Moses, more fundamentally their flaw was simply refusing the plan God had authored. We could be guilty t…
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In His conversation with Nicodemus, Jesus spoke of the serpent in the wilderness as a type of Him in His crucifixion. The account of the Israelites punishment by fiery serpents, and following salvation by looking upon a bronze serpent is instructive as it pertains to God's plan for salvation. Jesus' teaching in His talk with the Pharisee is filled …
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Through Ezekiel, God spoke to Israel in Babylonian captivity, "What do you mean when you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children’s teeth are set on edge’? ”As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “you shall no longer use this proverb in Israel." (Ezekiel 18:2-3) This proverb is pernicious…
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Ungodliness is progressive. It does not sit idle, but worsens. We must be wary of underestimating the severity of any offense. The Psalmist reveals the progressive nature of ungodliness, “Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful” (Psalm 1:1).…
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How do we know that we have eternal life? How can we be confident? John explains, “He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” (1 John 5:12) God has provided insurmountable evidence that Jesus is His Son, and such should move us to faith in Him that fully surrenders. If this is true for us, then we can be c…
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“And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth…He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself…And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.” (1 John 5:6, 10, 11) Part of the confidence we have that we are children of God is the witness of the Holy Spirit. However, the…
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This is the story of what happens when Evan Ratliff, co-host of Longform and a longtime tech journalist, makes a digital copy of himself, powered by AI, in order to understand how amazing and scary and utterly ridiculous the world is about to get. In Episode 1, Evan clones his voice, hooks it up to ChatGPT and his phone line, and sends it off to ta…
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What would happen if you created a digital copy of yourself, powered by AI, and set it loose in the world? Over the past six months, Evan Ratliff has been trying to find out. He combined a clone of his voice, an AI chatbot, and a phone line—many phone lines, actually—into what are called “voice agents.” Then he sent them out… as himself. They talke…
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Lamentations is a gloomy book detailing the grief experienced by the Jews in the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. They had forsaken God, and were punished. However, in the middle of the book there is the positive message of hope. We can learn from the perspective of the writer as he drew strength from God in the hardest of times.…
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