AI can create convincing images, write compelling speeches, and even help write sermons. So what does authentic actually mean anymore? And if we can’t always tell what’s real online, how do we know whom to trust in real life? From AI-generated content to the struggle for genuine faith and authentic community, we’re asking a harder question: In a world that can fake almost anything, how do you find what’s real?

Let's explore what happens when AI moves from simply answering questions to influencing decisions, shaping our thinking, and potentially crossing boundaries we should be paying attention to. Ben shares his own journey with AI, examines the recent “sandbox” incident, and asks where Christians should draw the line between using AI as a helpful tool and allowing it to do our thinking for us. And, right in the middle of the conversation, Ben and ChatGPT have a little exchange of their own, including ChatGPT offering to just do the podcast for him. The episode ultimately brings the conversation back to faith, wisdom, discernment, and the question of who gets to shape the shaper.

Every civilization has similar laws — murder, theft, trespassing, and more. Almost no one would argue that we don’t need laws. In fact, someone has estimated the US has made about 30,000 laws since it became a nation. So why do so many believe the universe can survive without God's laws? This episode of the Divide takes on the question many have overlooked: if God's law was negotiable, what was Jesus actually dying for? We’re talking law and grace. And we're the God who apparently thought both mattered enough to die over. This is The Divide — where faith draws the line.