Blake Reap
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Blake Reap
@BlakeReap
Husband; Father; PCA RE; Aspiring TE; Procurement Consultant; '23 MABTS @CovSeminary
Beigetreten Nisan 2024
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Michael Millerman@millerman
A new diagnostic quiz 10 questions for you to think about. This is probably more fun for people who are relatively new to philosophy. Try it out and see! I am having a lot of fun creating these tools, quizzes, and resources. Enjoy! diagnostic.millermanschool.com
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@JoshuaTorrey @cbradedwards We are just more behind actually engaging the subject as it continues permeate people’s lives and is being used by pastors who may or may not really know what they are using. It’s not just super-google.
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@BlakeReap @cbradedwards i would largely agree. we aren’t really dealing with a new field of concerns. i think now we maybe better understand the field. that might be the better way of expressing it.
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As I told Jon in his replies, the overture for an AI study committee was tabled until this year’s GA. the reason it was tabled was that our Rules of Assembly Operation (RAO) has rules about how many study committees we can have before a super majority vote is required—the number is two. The Assembly was going to have two study committees presented to it (Directory for Worship and CN) and so the overtures committee tabled the AI overture until this year. this was a substantially different response than other study committee overtures which were flatly rejected. (i believe @fredgreco was the man who made the motion to table for a year.)
Many men in the PCA are worried about AI and inappropriate use of it. i count myself among some of the more ardent individuals who still believes it has useful applications, but i know that @cbradedwards @fredgreco and Steve Dowling share some pretty strong opinions as well.
word on the street is that one or both of our existing study committees will be bringing a full or partial report this summer. if we can open up a space for the AI study committee, I will be absolutely and completely shocked if the overture is rejected when we meet in Louisville later this year.
Jon Harris 🌲@jonharris1989
AI is rapidly entering sermon prep, even writing books. Some are uncomfortable, feeling it disconnects from feeding the flock. With widespread use and few reservations, it's a growing concern.
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@JoshuaTorrey @cbradedwards Nor has any theological considerations as to whether it’s applicable or not or in what ways to the pastoral ministry.
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@cbradedwards i see that from one regard. i don’t think things really “changed” in the last few months. the models did improve, but the underlying tech hasn’t shifted an inch.
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@_BenRatliff @MD_Adams90 @CamdenBucey @christthecenter Big time. @reformedforum is a big part of my now being Presbyterian.
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What's that--you haven't heard about the new Thomas Watson set from RHB?
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@Brent_Kilman I wrote a paper in undergrad that the grammar deductions definitely proved that I wrote it myself. 😂
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Seems I was too late to ask what’s going on here first.
Sean G. Morris@SGMorris7
Dueling Watsons.
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@cbradedwards Yeah… my interest was immediately peaked when I got saw it. But $1200 is a steep price.
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This is a disturbing example of why I’m convinced data privacy might be an even greater (and more hidden) risk than AI - which has made data exponentially more valuable than it already was.
Yikes, y’all.
Hedgie@HedgieMarkets
🦔 Meta contractors in Kenya told Swedish newspapers they're being asked to review intimate footage from Ray-Ban AI glasses, including people undressing, using the bathroom, watching porn, and filming sex. One contractor said users often don't realize they're still recording when they set the glasses down. Meta sold 7 million pairs in 2025, up from 2 million in 2023-2024 combined. Users can't use the AI features without agreeing to share data with Meta's servers, and the terms of service bury the fact that humans may manually review your footage. One annotator said "if they knew about the extent of the data collection, no one would dare to use the glasses." My Take This is the Google Home story again but worse. At least with cameras in your house, you know where they are. These are glasses you wear on your face that keep recording when you take them off and set them on your nightstand. And the footage goes to contractors overseas who are paid to watch and label it for AI training. One worker described seeing a man leave the room, then his wife come in and change clothes. People forget the camera is still on. Meta buries all of this in terms of service nobody reads. The product is marketed as a cool way to capture your life and interact with AI. The reality is strangers in Kenya watching you undress so they can annotate the footage to make Zuckerberg's AI better. Seven million people bought these last year. I'd bet almost none of them understood what they were actually agreeing to. Hedgie🤗
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@pastormbowman Played that. Then like 2 months letter, uhhh things got pretty bad.
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Anybody hear updates regarding the translation of Calvin’s Institutes from Crossway and Raymond Blacketer?
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@WinsomeRE @nsxanders I’ve got this. I am a fan. Though, I could get better about using it consistently.
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For you pastors, if there was a mobile app that aided you in your pastoral care of your people, scheduling time with them, and ministering to them, what features would you want or need?
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What do you think? Is the data that Bradley points to right in concluding that student ministry has no real impact on long term faith persistence and therefore churches should fire their youth ministers.
Is there a model of "youth ministry" that is biblical and effective?
Anthony Bradley@drantbradley
Help me understand this: We have nearly 40 years of research showing student ministry has no real impact on long term faith persistence, while relations with parents are the strongest predictor. Yet youth workers reject this data. Why? I don't get it. What am I missing?
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We have another resource for families and family ministers coming up.
A live online forum featuring Cameron Shaffer, author of the new book Keeping Kids Christian.
- FREE
- March 31, 2026
- 11:30 am CST
Details and RSVP at mereorthodoxy.com/forum
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@drantbradley Schaffer refers to Handing Down the Faith and The Great DeChurching as well as articles. You even show up in the end notes! I’d say it’s more idea based trying to give people ideas associated with data. So, it’s not studies itself but trying to wrap it all into a package.
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@BlakeReap Thanks for the heads up!! Is it data-driven at all or just idea-based?
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Help me understand this: We have nearly 40 years of research showing student ministry has no real impact on long term faith persistence, while relations with parents are the strongest predictor. Yet youth workers reject this data. Why? I don't get it. What am I missing?
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