How AI Is Reshaping Our Children’s Thinking—and Why Christian Parents Should Care - Dr. Renton Rathbun

What does artificial intelligence mean for Christian parenting—and for our children’s spiritual formation?In this powerful conversation, Meeke Addison sits down with Dr. Renton Rathbun to explore a theology of AI and how emerging technologies like ChatGPT may be quietly reshaping the way our children think, reason, and make moral decisions.Dr. Rathbun explains why AI doesn’t just assist us—it can replace essential image-bearing work that God designed humans to do. Drawing from Colossians 3:10 and Ephesians 4:24, he unpacks how knowledge, righteousness, and holiness are central to what it means to be made in the image of God—and why outsourcing those functions to AI is spiritually dangerous.Christian parents and homeschool families will learn:Why thinking is not neutralHow AI can subtly shape moral reasoningWhat it means to guard our children’s image-bearing workHow to prepare kids to engage AI wisely without surrendering discernmentThis is a must-watch discussion for Christian parents navigating technology, education, and discipleship in the age of artificial intelligence.🎧 Watch the full conversation on the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast for more encouragement and biblical insight.⁠⁠Ready to join the homeschool revolution?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stream Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution for free!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get your FREE Homeschool Survival Kit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the Schoolhouse Rocked Ministry!Please consider making a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠donation to support the ongoing ministry of Schoolhouse Rocked⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Your support is making an ETERNAL impact!Sponsors:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apologia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is a Christ-centered, award-winning homeschool curriculum provider. Our mission is to help homeschooling students and families learn, live, and defend the Christian faith through our print and digital curriculum and online classes.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BJU Press Homeschool⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is dedicated to providing homeschool families with academically strong curriculum rooted in a biblical worldview. They offer a complete curriculum from preschool through 12th grade, available in both traditional textbooks and video courses. By teaching through the lens of Christ’s power, they help students view the world through the transformative story of God’s creation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CTCMath⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ specializes in providing online video tutorials that take a multi-sensory approach to learning. Creative graphics and animation, synchronized with the friendly voice of internationally acclaimed teacher, Pat Murray, make learning math easy and effective. Start your free trial today.Homeschool Insights is a member of the Biblical Family Network. Our mission is to support and encourage the family by providing the very best podcasts on family, discipleship, marriage, parenting, worldview, culture, and education, all from a Biblical perspective. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit the website for more great shows⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, like ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Culture Proof⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Renton Rathbun Show,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thinking Dad⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Nicki Truesdell Podcast,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Gospel Shaped Family⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Made2Homeschool⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.