Heresies and Sects

We Reviewed ChatGPT’s Answers to Your Theology Questions
Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller evaluate theological answers generated by ChatGPT and discuss how to engage people who are outsourcing life’s biggest questions to AI.

Nine of the Most Notorious Ancient Heretics
Who were Arius, Marcion, Montanus, and other top heretics? Why did they denounce orthodox teaching? Pastor Adriel Sanchez explains who the top nine heretics were and examines their views compared to orthodox Christianity.

How TikTok and Instagram are Discipling Women
How are social media platforms shaping women’s beliefs about identity, faith, and the good life? Mary Van Weelden joins Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller to examine influential online trends and compare their messages with the gospel.

From Nietzsche to Nick Fuentes: The Rise of Nihilism Online
How has Nietzsche’s philosophy gained traction online and in the hearts and minds of young men? Caleb Wait joins Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller to trace the philosophical roots of the RedPill and adjacent movements, evaluating its appeal in contrast to Christian theology.

AI and Silicon Valley’s “Spirituality Without Religion”
It turns out that HAL 9000 (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic Computer), in Stanley Kubrick’s classic, *2001: A Space Odyssey*, is not just a digital slave. With HAL’s hauntingly stoic pleas for astronaut Dave Bowman to stop trying to dismantle it ignored, the machine takes over. It’s remarkable that a 1968 film […]
