{"podcast":{"title":"Refining Rhetoric with Robert Bortins","slug":"refining-rhetoric-with-robert-bortins-5054945","podcast_index_feed_id":5054945,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/401489/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/401489","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/b/0/0/3b00354f64c1942ea04421dee9605cbd/RR_ThumbnailGraphic_3000px_2023_FINAL.jpeg","author":"Classical Conversations","episode_count":238,"summary":"Refining Rhetoric with CEO Robert Bortins. A podcast where faith, business, politics, and classical education meet. Join us as we use the Classical tools of rhetoric to seek truth in every arena of life.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/refining-rhetoric-with-robert-bortins-5054945"},"episode":{"title":"Christians & AI: Why You Can't Outsource Your Mind","slug":"christians-ai-why-you-can-t-outsource-your-mind","published_at":"2026-03-11T18:13:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/refining-rhetoric-with-robert-bortins-5054945/christians-ai-why-you-can-t-outsource-your-mind","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/refining-rhetoric-with-robert-bortins-5054945","url":"https://f5cb5cc3-2fc4-4efd-b324-efc0ff5dd1de.libsyn.com/christians-ai-why-you-cant-outsource-your-mind","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/f5cb5cc3-2fc4-4efd-b324-efc0ff5dd1de/RR_Ben_Holloway.mp3?dest-id=3314576","summary":"What happens when Christians stop thinking for themselves — and hand that job to AI? In this episode of Refining Rhetoric , host Robert Bortins sits down with Dr. Ben Holloway — philosopher, professor at Judson College at Southeastern Seminary, and incoming Bruce Little Chair of Christian Philosophy — to explore why classical Christian education depends on mastering language, logic, and the great books. From defending the faith against hard questions to why you simply cannot outsource your thinking to a machine, this is a conversation that will challenge and equip every homeschool family to love wisdom and pursue truth. Dr. Ben Holloway grew up in England, spent his 20s playing in a band and preaching the gospel with no formal education, then moved to America at 34 with his wife, two kids, and 29 boxes — and started his bachelor's degree at Moody Bible Institute. That late-in-life educational journey shapes everything about how he teaches and what he believes education is for. The conversation opens with a rich discussion of Christian philosophy — not as an abstract academic exercise, but as the indispensable tool Christians have always used to answer the questions the Bible doesn't directly address. From the early church borrowing the language of \"substance\" and \"persons\" from Greek philosophy to describe the Trinity, to the everyday challenge of interpreting a difficult passage of Scripture, philosophy and language are inescapably central to the Christian life. Dr. Holloway makes a compelling case that language is foundational to how we know God. Because God chose to reveal himself through 66 books, Christians are permanently and inescapably committed to the hard work of interpretation. You cannot outsource that to anyone — and certainly not to AI. He explains that A…","meta_description":"What happens when Christians stop thinking for themselves — and hand that job to AI? In this episode of Refining Rhetoric , host Robert Bortins sits down…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2737,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/refining-rhetoric-with-robert-bortins-5054945/episodes/christians-ai-why-you-can-t-outsource-your-mind/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/refining-rhetoric-with-robert-bortins-5054945/christians-ai-why-you-can-t-outsource-your-mind.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}