SIX WEEKS · FAMILY-PACED
A Beginner's Path Through AI
Six weeks to understand AI as a Christian household — for parents, grandparents, pastors, teachers, and the curious. One week at a time. Each week has a verse, a short reading, a small exercise, and a family question.
"Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding."
— Proverbs 4:7 (KJV)
"And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them."
— Genesis 2:19 (KJV)
AI in plain English. Why the name 'artificial intelligence' is partly a marketing word. What current AI actually does (pattern matching on a huge scale) and what it does not do (think, feel, know God).
📌 Exercise
Open any free AI chat. Ask it three questions: a math question, a Bible question, and a question about a recent event. Compare answers to what you can verify yourself.
👨👩👧👦 Family question
What did the AI answer well? Where did it fail or sound unsure?
Week 2 / 6
How Generative AI Works
"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver."
— Proverbs 25:11 (KJV)
Generative AI predicts the next word from billions of past words. It learned from the internet. It has no understanding — it has very fast pattern completion.
📌 Exercise
Ask an AI to write a four-line poem in iambic pentameter on the theme of dawn. Watch how it does it. Then ask it to explain how it just did it. Notice the gap between performance and understanding.
👨👩👧👦 Family question
If AI doesn't really 'know' anything, why does it sound so confident?
Week 3 / 6
What AI Can Do
"And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship."
— Exodus 31:3 (KJV)
Useful Christian uses for AI: translation help, draft writing, generating cross-references, helping with research, accessibility (text-to-speech for the blind), Bible memorization tools.
📌 Exercise
Pick a passage in KJV. Ask AI for ten cross-references. Open your Bible and check each one. Note which were correct, which were wrong, and which were misattributed.
👨👩👧👦 Family question
Which AI uses are clearly helpful for our household? Which ones make us cautious?
Week 4 / 6
What AI Cannot Do
"Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart."
— 1 Samuel 16:7 (KJV)
AI cannot pray. Cannot worship. Cannot know God. Cannot exercise pastoral discernment. Cannot replace embodied presence. Cannot know your particular family. Cannot give a sacrament. Cannot grieve with you. Cannot bear witness to the resurrection from its own experience.
📌 Exercise
Make a short list of things in your household life that AI could never replace. Talk about them at dinner.
👨👩👧👦 Family question
What does it mean that the Lord made us with bodies and souls? Why can't a machine ever replace what a person is?
Week 5 / 6
How to Teach the Children
"These words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children."
— Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (KJV)
Children are growing up with AI as a normal tool. Teach them: AI is a tool, not a friend. Real friendship and prayer happen between persons. AI can be wrong, especially about God. Always check with mom, dad, the pastor, or scripture.
📌 Exercise
Sit with a child. Show them a short chat with an AI. Ask the child: how does this feel different from talking with you (the parent)? Listen.
👨👩👧👦 Family question
What kinds of questions should we never ask AI, and instead bring to a person?
Week 6 / 6
Spotting Fakes and Deceptions
"Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."
— Matthew 10:16 (KJV)
Deepfake videos. AI-generated 'pastor sermons.' Fabricated saints' quotes. False Bible verses. How to slow down before believing or sharing. How to verify a source. How to be the kind of household that does not pass on lies even by accident.
📌 Exercise
Find a Christian quote being shared on social media. Try to verify the source within fifteen minutes. If you cannot verify it, do not share it.
👨👩👧👦 Family question
What is the cost of being deceived? What is the cost of accidentally deceiving someone else?