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AI chatbots are becoming more commonplace, with some even coming into faith circles as so-called AI Jesus. But a recent study is showing that these AI Jesus chatbots may have some nefarious outcomes. For example, the AI from the “Ask Jesus” app greets users by making an alarming claim: “Greetings, my dear friend. It is…

Israel Antiquities Authority
Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of an ancient Canaanite blade factory in Israel. The workshop, which made the blades for the purposes of agricultural use, was found flint  at Nahal Qomem, near the southern Israel city of Kiryat Gat. The site had been originally discovered two years ago during work for a new neighborhood in…

Temple Mount Sifting Project
An ancient seal discovered near Jerusalem’s Temple Mount may have ties to the Bible. Archaeologists with the Temple Mount Sifting Project uncovered a seal with the name “Yed[a‛]yah (son of) Asayahu.” Archaeologist Mordechai Ehrlich made the discovery, which was described as a “rare and exceptionally well-preserved clay sealing, impressed by a stamp seal inscribed with…

3n1trilogy
  Only 45% of America’s Gen Z identify as Christian. And as America ages, experts believe former religious generations will be replaced by increasingly non-religious individuals. “A big part of what’s happened in recent decades is that as older cohorts of highly religious older people have passed away, they have been replaced by new cohorts…

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In a scene ripped from the pages of Exodus, the Sea of Galilee has turned blood red. It serves as an ominous sign to some locals, given the account in Exodus 7 when Moses turns the Nile to blood as a sign of God’s judgment upon Egypt, marking the first of ten plagues to strike.…

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