Doyt recently sat down for an hour-long conversation on the Love Conquers Fear podcast. Asked why he does what he does, he answered the way he answers most things: not with a tidy testimony, but with a story about driving to baptize a newborn in an incubator, a theory about who actually wrote the Gospel
Doyt on AI on the Love Conquers Fear Podcast
On Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS
An Epiphany Pastoral Letter in Response to Pope Leo XIV Encyclical MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS Something happened yesterday that I have been waiting for, in one form or another, for a long time. Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence – and in doing
Why AI Cannot Be Virtuous: The Moral Argument for Human Uniqueness
The eleventh session of Doyt’s 12-part Bible study on AI and human identity began examining four categories that differentiate humans from AI: morality, relationship, ontological nature, and epistemology. The first category revealed why AI can mimic virtuous behavior but can never practice virtue, because virtue requires will, and AI lacks will. Our Created Vocation: Priesthood
Wisdom Is Vocational, Not Computational: Why AI Can Never Inhabit Life
The tenth session of Doyt’s 12-part Bible study on AI and human identity brought together threads from previous weeks to make a definitive claim: wisdom is vocational, not computational. After exploring how the Bible contains both information (genealogies, laws, histories) and wisdom (Psalms, Proverbs, prophets, Jesus’s teachings, Paul’s letters), this session revealed why AI—no matter
Information vs. Wisdom: What the Bible Teaches That AI Cannot
The ninth session of Doyt’s 12-part Bible study on AI and human identity tackled a crucial distinction: the difference between information and wisdom. In an age where AI excels at processing vast quantities of data, this session revealed why biblical wisdom operates in an entirely different category—one that requires embodiment, relationship, and formative practice that
The Cycle of Mercy: Why Justice Emerges from Repentance, Not Punishment
The eighth session of Doyt’s 12-part Bible study on AI and human identity continued exploring sin with a radical implication: mercy, not judgment, is God’s nature—and pursuing mercy, not justice, creates just societies. This challenged comfortable assumptions about divine justice and what it means to live the “cycle” of sin and repentance. Three crucial insights
The Formative Power of Sin: Why We Need It for Love
The seventh session of Doyt’s 12-part Bible study on AI and human identity tackled one of Christianity’s most misunderstood concepts: sin. Rather than viewing sin as primarily shame, judgment, or moral failure, this session revealed sin as an inevitable consequence of love and freedom—and surprisingly, as the foundation of human morality and justice. Three profound
The Great Inversion: Understanding Resurrection and Soul-First Living
The sixth session of Doyt’s 12-part Bible study on AI and human identity explored one of Christianity’s most profound concepts: the Great Inversion. By examining the resurrection through the lens of what it means to be human, this session revealed how understanding our nature—dust and breath, body and soul—illuminates both eternal life and how we
What is the value of Epiphany?
To watch the sermon click here. For about ten years, Kristin and I lived in Cleveland, Ohio. We landed there at the invitation of Ron Weinberg, a mentor of mine who owned a bunch of industrial manufacturing companies. Ron brought me on as a product manager at one of them, but I also joined his
