Can I faithfully, truthfully say to my congregants (of whom I've had several just over the last year) who ask, "can't you just use AI to write your sermon?" "No, I need to spend time in the world, in thought, and in prayer. AI is helpful as a tool, like word studies, logos, translation tools, commentaries, and outlines, but AI is only a part of the toolbelt for sermon prep. It can't write the sermon for me. The sermon has to first become a living, breathing message in my own life that overflows into and out of the pulpit and streets where I preach.

Let's answer that question with a few things today, first, a few passages in scripture, second, with a story, and third, with a few statements for us as listeners of sermons and as preachers of sermons. First, let's look at scripture. What does Scripture say about God Judging?