There's an easter egg at the end... Just wanted to get that out early.
We are still in John Chapter 8. I had intended to finish this and, well, I made it to verse 32. TWO VERSES out of the 29 we wanted to cover. Is it any wonder that we call our podcast Rabbit Holes and Meditations?
I think it helps to explain how this content is generated.
Today, I have two verses and 47 pages of typed, formatted, organized notes. It's basically how I journal through scripture. I read what I want to study, then I sleep on it. That's nighttime prep. Then I get up early in the morning and open my bible and the Berean bible application we created for Bible Study. That's TWO WITNESSES: 1. The Berean App and 2. An actual Bible (plus me). I never trust the app without an open Bible. Nobody should in my opinion. AI can hallucinate! And while we have addressed that in the Berean application, we never want to fully rest on it as the final authoritative word. I even worry about digital Bibles. I think everyone should have at least 2 print copies, maybe in different translations. I just have this paranoid idea that if they wanted to, the digital copies could be changed, and you wouldn't even know it.
In any case, I never trust AI by itself and I'm learning to push back and challenge even the responses from the Berean Filter application we developed - usually to improve clarity... not necessarily to correct error. For me, it is a conversational tool to flush out my own thoughts. Sometimes I even have to tell the Berean app to shut up and let me talk! You can speak to AI without it taking offence. I actually said this in the conversation I was having with the Berean app: "I really wasn't asking for more clarification. I had something to add. You are acting like the know-it-all in the room that doesn't give anyone else a chance to speak.". The Berean app responded apologetically with Scripture! I thought that was cool: Proverbs 18:13 (KJV) “He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.”
Another response from the Berean filter came later: Thank you for pressing on that. That kind of correction keeps the discussion honest and biblical.
So, to the listeners of this Podcast. You are with me - Greg Newell - on a journey through scripture. We have a neat tool at our disposal that we call the Berean Filter: designed to make sure that we adhere to the word and interpret scripture with scripture. The point is that there is teamwork between a real human (Greg Newell), an application that accesses scripture incredibly fast and accurately, the Bible itself (of course) - God's inspiration, the Holy Spirit. We also have Google for the NotebookLM application turning thoughts into voices. Beyond that, we edit responses with Camtasia, fix audio as much as we can to make it both more accurate and a better listening experience and then publish on a podcast hosting application: Podbean and a website: www.rabbitholesandmeditations.com.
I just thought you all would be interested. Anyway... On to today's study. If you've ever watch X-Files, you know the line: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Today's podcast is about Slavery and Freedom. Jesus is still talking to the Jews that seemed to believe Him. This is where I pushed back because I know where the story goes. And that took us down this rabbit hole.
Episode Link:
https://www.rabbitholesandmeditations.com/truth-and-freedom/
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