
Episode #130
The Information War: Christianity, Culture, Ai & America's Future
Nine percent of Christians surveyed said they would trust artificial intelligence over their own pastor. Troy Miller thinks that number tells you something — and not primarily about AI. Miller is president and CEO of National Religious Broadcasters, the nation's largest association of Christian communicators. He joins John Amanchukwu for an hour on what the church has outsourced, what it's afraid to say, and what it's going to take to get it back. His diagnosis for the CEO pastor problem starts in the 1990s. He traces it to the program-driven and seeker-driven movements — well-intentioned, evangelistic, and in his read they dumbed the church down to its lowest common denominator. What came out the other side is a pastor who thinks like a CEO, looks at his congregation like consumers, and won't say anything that might upset the revenue model. His example is specific. Plenty of pastors won't touch the sexuality questions because they've concluded the younger generation has already decided, and addressing it means losing them to the church across town. Miller's answer: that isn't the assignment. Pastors are called to teach the full counsel of God. And his image for what the job actually is: any father who has married off a daughter understands you want the bride as beautiful and as prepared as she can possibly be for that day. That's the work — sanctifying the bride of Christ for the wedding. We're more worried about what society thinks of us than what the groom does. John's question in return is the one that opens it up: what happens when a shepherd becomes afraid of his own sheep? Miller, who grew up on a Nebraska farm, says a frightened shepherd can't lead — he's too busy worrying about being trampled. And then the biblical version: do we fear God, or do we fear man? He goes to John 12, where many believed but wouldn't confess, because they were afraid of being put out of the synagogue. "There is no such thing as a neutral worldview." Miller argues that when pastors don't actively shape the worldview of their congregations, somebody else's fills the vacuum — and in a culture this saturated, it will. He frames shepherding as protection, not just teaching. Also in this conversation: What NRB actually does — FCC deregulation that Miller says has cut administrative burden roughly 30%, two won cases against the FCC, an active case involving the Johnson Amendment, and the AM in Every Vehicle effort. Plus the Barna State of Christian Media findings: about two-thirds of Americans engage Christian media at some point, and the two largest audiences are Gen Z and millennials. Asked about trust, respondents rated Christian media well ahead of mainstream media. How the church outsourced charity, then education, then morality — and why Miller says the pilgrims came for the individual conscience, not for a state that would set the moral direction. Why Christian persecution is at historic highs globally and barely covered. What Miller says about AI's supposed neutrality, given that it's built by humans on the output of humanity — and why he says any bias against Christianity in these systems reflects the corpus more than the programmers. And the John Bunyan answer John calls a mic drop. Someone asked Bunyan whether sin in his life meant he wasn't saved. Bunyan's response: sin in your life is an indication of your salvation, because the sinner cares nothing for his sin. It should bother you. It should bring you to repentance. Miller's answer for the greatest threat facing Christian communicators isn't censorship, hostility, or technology. It's self-censorship. Churches in America are 501(c)(3) organizations — and he says the C too often stands for cowardice. It needs to stand for courage. Shop & Support ⚡️ Website: → https://iknowgod.us/ Merch → https://www.iknowgodmerch.com/ ▶️ Stay on YouTube Subscribe for more truth and bold commentary: https://www.youtube.com/@revwutruth Follow Me on Social Media Instagram ➤ https://www.instagram.com/revwutruth/ X (Twitter) ➤ https://twitter.com/REVWUTRUTH #JohnAmanchukwu #REVWUTRUTH

