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Author: Bobby Macintosh
Bobby Macintosh writes about where faith and technology meet. What began as curiosity about AI and well-crafted prompts became something deeper: a way of asking how these new tools can serve the careful, prayerful study of Scripture without replacing it. At aiprompttheory.com, Bobby explores AI through the lens of Christian theology, from practical guides for pastors and Bible students to harder questions about personhood, the image of God, and what wisdom looks like in an age of machines. He writes warmly and honestly, with sources you can check, and he's quick to say where the tools fall short. One of his favourite projects is [The Hyperlinked Book](https://aiprompttheory.com/bible), which draws every cross-reference in the Bible at once and shows how writers spread across fifteen centuries still speak to one another. Bobby's articles are written with the help of AI and shaped by human study, faith and judgement.
Comparing Bible Translations with AI: A Practical Guide to Multi-Translation Study
How to compare Bible translations with AI: formal vs functional translations, free tools, safe prompts, common word-study mistakes,…
Bobby Macintosh
Putting Scripture in Time: Using AI to Explore Biblical Chronology (and Its Limits)
How AI can help you build biblical timelines and understand historical settings, why its dates need checking, and…
Bobby Macintosh
The Glass Through Which We See: Navigating Theological Bias in Large Language Models
In our pursuit of truth, we must learn to navigate the digital mirrors of our own history. Here…
Bobby Macintosh
Who Is Doing the Interpreting? Keeping AI in Its Place in Biblical Hermeneutics
Core principles of Christian Bible interpretation (Scripture interprets Scripture, context, Christ, church, Spirit), and what AI can and…
Bobby Macintosh
The Weaver’s Pattern: AI as a Lantern for Chronological Scripture Study
Exploring how AI can serve as a humble, analytical tool to help us map the chronological complexities of…
Bobby Macintosh
The World Behind the New Testament: Using AI to Explore First-Century Background
How first-century background (idol food, Roman officials, honour and patronage) illuminates the New Testament, with AI prompts and…
Bobby Macintosh
The World Behind the Old Testament: Using AI to Explore Ancient Near Eastern Background
How ancient Near Eastern background illuminates covenant, law and creation in the Old Testament, with AI prompts and…
Bobby Macintosh
Praying Out Loud: Voice-to-Text Journaling for Prayer and Reflection
How to use your phone's dictation for prayer and journaling: a simple rhythm, when (and whether) to bring…
Bobby Macintosh
Using AI in Systematic Theology: Tracing Doctrine Across the Whole Bible, Carefully
How AI can help you gather passages and map historical views when studying doctrine, where it goes wrong,…
Bobby Macintosh
Holding Fast: AI, Doctrinal Drift and Guarding the Faith Once Delivered
How AI answers can nudge Christians away from historic teaching (averaging, sycophancy and model updates), and practical guardrails…
Bobby Macintosh