Sermon Writing and ChatGPT: Don’t Give Your Intellectual Property Away

It’s Friday evening,& and you’re working on your sermon draft. You like your theological claim, you have your three points,& and you have some ideas for your close. However, you need some help filling in the blanks and then tying it all together. Perhaps better turns of phrase, smoother transitions,& and more impactful illustrations will help to bring more life to your sermon. A few preacher friends told you they are using ChatGPT (Artificial Intelligence) to assist them with sermon brainstorming and sometimes sermon writing. You head over to ChatGPT, create an account,& and enter your request: Preacher:& I need help editing a sermon ChatGPT:& Of course, I’d be happy to help! Please upload the document you’d like me to edit, and let me know any specific instructions or areas you want me to focus on. You have walked down into the AI rabbit hole and taken your intellectual property (your sermon) and copyright rights with you. In this ever-evolving world of AI and intellectual property rights, I would advise you to tread very lightly because you may one day find out you’ve given it all away. Preachers are some of the most creative and prolific content creators in the...