Justin R. Lester says before downloading a devotional app, ask who wrote it, what their biases are, and how they handle your data. Apps shouldn't replace time alone with God.
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Give you three questions you need to ask before you download or pay for another devotional tool. Number one, what's the source? What Bible translations, what commentaries and what theologians are apart and are they drawing this from? Is it clear where their insight is from? Don't allow yourself to download something that is cloaked in what you disagree with. Number two, who programmed it and what are their biases? What cultural and theological and ideological perspectives shaped it the most? I'm going to tell you this. A lot of these non denominational churches are still Southern Baptist churches. A lot of these mainline Protestant denominations are really not cloaked for every single segment of people. Be mindful of who programmed it and their biases before you just download something and call it truth. And number three, how is your privacy handled and what will they do with your data? What if all of your personal devotional history was just shared online? Is that what you want out there? Be mindful of what they say in their privacy clauses. A lot of these AI tools more recently are making you make sure you check that off. And if you don't check it, your stuff is getting shared out there. We see that with Claude, we see that with ChatGPT, and we see people getting sued left and right because things are not held with privacy and be intentional what you share and what you use. So tonight, as you use your, your, your devotional app, as you sit there and you go into whatever you download or re upload or grab ahold of, whatever, be sure you take it with a grain of salt and be sure there's a moment. Here's how you would hand your devotional time. Get your Bible, open it up and let the Lord speak to you. Let me tell you this, your time in a devotional app should never replace your time with God. All right? Like and subscribe for more.
