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Camden Bucey speaks with Derek C. Schuurman, professor and chair of computer science at Calvin University, about Christian wisdom in the age of artificial intelligence. Drawing upon Shaping a Digital World, Schuurman explains why technology is never neutral: people shape their tools, and those tools in turn reshape habits, institutions, and communities.
The conversation sets contemporary AI within the biblical story of creation, fall, redemption, and new creation. Bucey and Schuurman contrast Christian hope with technicism—the belief that technology can solve humanity’s deepest problems and build a technological heaven on earth. They also discuss human nature, transhumanism, responsible design, Christian higher education, autonomous weapons, and the need to keep human moral judgment and accountability in the loop.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
03:41 Derek C. Schuurman’s path from engineering to Christian higher education
08:29 Technology, cultural change, and the need for wisdom
11:45 Technology is not neutral
14:36 How tools reshape people and societies
18:08 Reading technology through creation, fall, redemption, and new creation
20:18 Two cities, two loves, and the biblical story
22:22 Babel, idolatry, and the temptation to build heaven on earth
23:21 Technicism and the promises of Silicon Valley
26:52 Transhumanism and a Christian account of humanity
29:14 Practical frameworks for responsible technological design
30:36 Dooyeweerd’s non-reductionistic view of creation
33:19 Eight norms for faithful design
37:34 Integrating Christian faith throughout education
41:21 Liberal arts, AI, and well-rounded technical formation
42:29 AI, labor, and the human calling to work
43:42 Autonomous systems, accountability, and just-war questions
45:55 Why moral judgment requires a human in the loop
49:12 Faithful presence and wise Christian vocation
51:41 Resources for engineers, designers, pastors, and parents
53:24 Calvin University’s “Wisdom in the Age of AI” conference
55:36 Conclusion

Resources
Shaping a Digital World: Faith, Culture and Computer Technology
A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers
Wisdom in the Age of AI Conference, Calvin University, October 8–10, 2026
Magnifica Humanitas
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Join Mark and Andrew as they discuss how to preach Ruth 3:1–10, where Naomi shows signs of new hope, leading to her and Ruth making Boaz a proposal—a proposal which points to the work of Christ himself. There are numerous points of application in this familiar passage.

This is the fifth lesson in Dr. Lane G. Tipton and Rev. Adam York’s Reformed Academy course, The Unfolding Mystery: A Reader’s Guide. It was originally recorded for one of Reformed Forum’s International Cohort Reading Groups. This lesson covers Chapters 7–8 of Edmund P. Clowney’s The Unfolding Mystery: Discovering Christ in the Old Testament, addressing the following topics:
00:00 Revelation 20–21 and the Final Judgment
07:12 Joshua and the Theocratic Ethic
11:00 Abraham and the Pilgrim Ethic
15:39 Common Grace, Holy War, and Intrusion Ethics
25:03 The Lord's Anointed and Goliath
31:08 The Prince of Peace and the Temple of Rest
40:15 Solomon, Wisdom, and the Temple Filled with Glory
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Camden Bucey speaks with Daniel R. Hyde about A Christian’s Pocket Guide to the Presence of God (Christian Focus, 2026), tracing this great biblical theme from Eden’s garden sanctuary through the tabernacle, temple, exile, incarnation, church, and new creation. Scripture’s map leads not to a sacred location or a fleeting spiritual sensation, but to Jesus Christ, the true temple and the glory of God dwelling among us.
The conversation also offers pastoral help for seasons when God feels distant. Feelings ebb and flow, but the Lord’s covenant promises remain sure. Through the Holy Spirit, Christ meets his people in the ordinary means of grace and gathers them as his body. The Christian hope reaches its fullness in Revelation 22:4: the redeemed will see God’s face in the risen and glorified Christ.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:58 A Christian’s Pocket Guide to the Presence of God
01:39 Ministry at Oceanside United Reformed Church
02:59 The biblical theology series and the book’s origins
05:28 Augustine and discovering the Bible’s great theme
08:18 Is God’s presence a feeling?
11:32 A map to a person, not a place
12:59 Omnipresence and covenant presence
16:42 God’s presence as blessing and judgment
17:58 The presence of God across redemptive history
18:29 Eden as the first earthly temple
21:14 Edenic imagery in the tabernacle and temple
24:49 Worship, geography, and reversing exile
29:29 Exile and the departure of God’s glory
32:45 Jesus Christ as the return of the glory
33:05 When believers feel that God is distant
37:34 The ordinary means of grace
38:01 The Holy Spirit as a divine person
40:57 God’s presence in the gathered church
46:03 Seeing the face of God in Christ
50:40 Living as the people of God’s presence
52:49 Michael Morales’s book in Rome
54:07 Conclusion

Resources
A Christian’s Pocket Guide to the Presence of God
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Participants
Camden Bucey and Daniel R. Hyde

On today’s episode of Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob continue to walk through the Book of Daniel. We discuss the interpretation of Daniel's vision in chapter 7.
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Join Us In Person: Four Upcoming Reformed Forum Events
Before today's episode, Camden Bucey shares four opportunities to gather with Reformed Forum in person over the coming months:
Apologetics and Evangelism Seminar — August 4–5, 2026, Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Taylors, SC. Camden Bucey and Carlton Wynne lecture on apologetics and evangelism for the pastor at the GPTS Summer Seminar. Details: https://reformedforum.org/event/apologetics-and-evangelism-seminar-greenville-sc/
Discovering Christ in All of Scripture — August 28–29, 2026, Cahaba Park Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, AL. A Friday evening and Saturday morning seminar exploring how every part of Scripture reveals God's redemptive plan in Jesus Christ. Details: https://reformedforum.org/event/birmingham-alabama-seminar/
2026 Annual Theology Conference — September 25–26, 2026, Lakeland Church, Gurnee, IL. The Covenant of Grace: One Savior, One People, One Purpose, featuring Dr. G. K. Beale. Early-bird pricing ends August 31. Register: https://rf26.reformedforum.org/
Christ the Center 1000th Episode Celebration — February 19–20, 2027, Hilton Austin, Austin, TX. A live recording of episode 1,000, a shared dinner, and conversations with longtime friends of the ministry. Details: https://reformedforum.org/event/christ-the-center-1000th-episode-celebration/
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