How to use ChatGPT to compose backstory for favorite hymns

How to use ChatGPT to compose backstory for favorite hymns

I love the old hymns because I grew up with them and heard the backstory of who wrote them under what circumstances. But the modern listener, who doesn’t know those details, cannot have the same appreciation. Therefore, I am presenting a method and technique to use ChatGPT-4 to help add the backstory of treasured hymns. Let’s start with “It is Continue reading How to use ChatGPT to compose backstory for favorite hymns

Ten considerations before appointing church leaders

Taking time to approve church leaders ensures godly, faithful, experienced, proven leadership

In this Bible study, we will discuss 10 essential considerations that must be taken into account before appointing leaders in the church. Through examination of relevant Bible verses and Greek and Hebrew definitions, we will explore the importance of having a servant’s heart, evaluating the motives of potential leaders, and ensuring they are not seed planted on stony ground or Continue reading Ten considerations before appointing church leaders

Ben Franklin’s Junto questions will improve your small group

Using Ben Franklin’s Junto style questions in a small group to encourage discussion and reflection on how we can honor God and live out our faith in practical ways

Franklin organized a group of friends to provide a structured form of mutual improvement. The group, initially composed of twelve members, called itself the Junto (from the Spanish word junta, or assembly). The members of the Junto were drawn from diverse occupations and backgrounds, but they all shared a spirit of inquiry and a desire to improve themselves, their community, Continue reading Ben Franklin’s Junto questions will improve your small group

Leave and cleave

husband leave and cleave from birth family to marriage family

God commands man to leave his family and cleave to his wife One of the great mysteries in the Bible is how God created man and woman. After God had created man from the dust of the ground, he breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (Genesis 2:7 KJV) Then he created Eve Continue reading Leave and cleave

We walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7)

We walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7)

This verse does not mean we have to ignore our senses (touch, sight, hearing, smell, and taste) or turn off the intelligence of our brains, to live as good Christians. It does not mean we have to blindly, stupidly, stagger through life based on “faith” of our leaders. But you might think so based on the number of cults that Continue reading We walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7)