Are Churches Actually Spiritual?

As I look at the world around us, I have seen many people lose jobs to Artificial Intelligence (AI). The kiosks in the fast-food restaurants, assembly lines, music, writing, movies, etc. I have watched some of the miniseries on the internet and always wondered how some of the same actors were in so many different things. I never considered that they were manufactured by AI until I noticed a few where the voice was tied to the wrong person. Their mouth moved perfectly for the words, but the voice was another character completely. So many of the stories are minor variations of the same story... different characters, different occupations, and different approaches, but the same story. Makes me think that even the storyline may have been produced by AI. What can we trust? So what about the church. I have seen multiple places that offer to write the sermon for me. I just need to provide the text or topic and it will do the rest. I believe that there are many pastors that are doing this and maybe seem very effective, but there is something missing. It can only produce “man’s wisdom” and not the heart of God. I ran across a quote by A.W. Tozer. He said, “Most churches could run without God.” Is he right? Have our churches become so predictable and unspiritual that we don’t need the moving of the Spirit to inspire, convict, convert, and cause us to respond? The fear of the Lord cannot be produced by AI. An inspiring and motivating message can. AI might be good to search for information, but it is too easy to get dependent upon it. If I seek AI to help me put my message together, it has no way of truly connecting the texts with what the Spirit might lay on our heart to say. What would a church look like that was needing God? Humble. The focus would not be on us or what we wanted. It would be focused on missions... making disciples of all nations. It would be spiritual. The fruit of the Spirit would be present everywhere. It would be forgiving, but not accepting of anything contrary to God’s word. It would be loving toward all people, Christian or not. It would also be just, standing on the truth of God’s word. It would be single minded about faith with Christ as the head. Lord, help us to be a spiritual church that hungers for You and Your word. May Your love shine through us in all that we do. Amen