In this episode of Every Prompt Captive, We dive into a timely and weighty conversation about the nature of the Church, the dangers of radical individualism, and the slow erosion of spiritual imagination in our tech-driven world.

Kicking off with Colossians 1:17–20, we frame the central claim: Christ is the head of the Church: universal and local, embodied and covenantal. But what happens when the Church starts looking more like a livestream feed than a gathered body? What are we sacrificing when attendance replaces communion, and convenience replaces covenant?

We walk through the historical roots of this shift; from post-Enlightenment individualism to revivalist moralism to modern-day pragmatism, tracing how evangelical culture has slowly traded spiritual formation for functional participation. We talk about the fallout from COVID-era church habits, the false promises of virtual fellowship, and why online “campus pastors” aren't authentically shepherding a flock.

But it goes deeper. This episode wrestles with the theological consequences of treating the Church like a platform and the Christian life like a project. We explore how AI, scientific rationalism, and technological tools have subtly trained us to dismiss the spiritual, reduce mystery to metrics, and ignore the reality that God still moves, even in garage doors and head gaskets.

The Church is more than a content hub. With the dawning of the age of Ai, we are in danger of missing the presence of a living God who still calls His people to an embodied, communal, Spirit-filled life.