About this episode
Douglas Wilson discusses artificial intelligence, the fifth commandment, and reviews Bruce Gordon’s biography of John Calvin’s Institutes.
In this episode, Douglas Wilson considers artificial intelligence as a modern speaking idol and discusses how to make distinctions between the useful and the demonic. Then he examines the New Testament word metraloas, or murderers of mothers, to underscore the weight and breadth of the fifth commandment in the Christian life. Finally, he reviews Bruce Gordon’s biography of John Calvin’s Institutes, tracing how that monumental work rose, declined, and was recovered across the centuries of church history. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/
People in this episode
Host: Douglas Wilson
Topics covered
- artificial intelligence
- Christian ethics
- fifth commandment
- church history
- biography
Keywords
- artificial intelligence
- Christianity
- fifth commandment
- metraloas
- John Calvin
- church history
- biography
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: John Calvin’s Institutes, metraloas
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