{"product_id":"the-breath-and-the-machine-ebook-epub-pdf","title":"The Breath and the Machine (Second Edition) | eBook (EPUB + PDF)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the eBook edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou are probably already using AI, or someone in your house is. Maybe it helps you study, write, or carry the administrative load, and part of you wonders whether you should feel guilty about it. Maybe you are afraid of it, and every headline about where it is headed makes you more uneasy. Either way, nobody in your church has handed you a biblical way to think about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Breath and the Machine\u003c\/em\u003e starts with Scripture, not the tech press. Ben Everson, a traveling minister who uses these tools every day, draws one clear line: AI is a tool, never an oracle. Held as a tool, it can serve faithful work. Consulted as an oracle, it replaces the very things that make us human and make us holy. This book shows you how to unlock the first without falling into the second.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.beneverson.com\/blogs\/readings\/excerpt-the-breath-and-the-machine\"\u003eread an excerpt\u003c\/a\u003e from this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAlso available\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.beneverson.com\/products\/the-breath-and-the-machine-a-biblical-framework-for-the-age-of-ai\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.beneverson.com\/products\/the-breath-and-the-machine-narrated-by-ben-everson-audiobook\"\u003eAudiobook\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.beneverson.com\/products\/breath-paperback-ebook-bundle\"\u003ePaperback + eBook bundle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.beneverson.com\/products\/breath-ebook-audiobook-bundle\"\u003eeBook + Audiobook bundle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.beneverson.com\/products\/breath-all-three-bundle-1\"\u003ePaperback, eBook, and Audiobook bundle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho is this for?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelievers who use AI every day and want biblical guardrails\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChristians who are afraid of AI and want a calm, Scripture-first view\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePastors and parents helping others think it through\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone in ministry using AI for study, writing, or administration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eContents\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.beneverson.com\/blogs\/readings\/breath-and-the-machine-authors-note\"\u003eAuthor's Note\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart One: The Moment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.beneverson.com\/blogs\/readings\/excerpt-the-breath-and-the-machine\"\u003e1. Why We Need to Talk About This\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. When, Not If\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. This Is Personal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. The State of Things\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Two: Understanding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. What AI Is and What It Isn't\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Why We Build\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. When It Feels Alive (The Singularity)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. What It Can Do Already\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Three: Unlocking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.beneverson.com\/blogs\/readings\/what-bezaleel-knew\"\u003e9. What Bezaleel Knew\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Meat Offered to Idols\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Setting the Parameters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. The Credit Line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. How I Work with AI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Four: Guarding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. The Fears, Graded\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15. The Mirror and the Amplifier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16. Replacing the Holy Spirit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17. What Is Truth?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18. \"I Don't Care If It's Real If It's Good!\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e19. Turning Goliath's Sword Against Him\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Five: Gathering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20. The Future Is Local\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.beneverson.com\/blogs\/readings\/my-ai-manifesto\"\u003e21. My AI Manifesto\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix: Stenography, Ghostwriting, and AI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eField Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery purchase helps support the ministry of Bible Revival Ministries. 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