AI sebagai Alat Bantu Homiletik:  Telaah Teologis atas Kreativitas dan Otoritas Khotbah

Ferry Irwanto; Rubin Adi Abraham; Yanto Paulus Hermanto; Tjutjun Setiawan

doi:10.53814/eleos.v5i2.390

Authors

Ferry Irwanto Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Kharisma Bandung
Rubin Adi Abraham Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Kharisma Bandung
Yanto Paulus Hermanto Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Kharisma Bandung
Tjutjun Setiawan Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Anugrah Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53814/eleos.v5i2.390

Keywords:

AI, Homiletics, Creativity, Sermon, Preacher

Abstract

Abstract: The focus of this writing is to examine how AI is used in preparing sermons, as there is a perception that using AI in sermon preparation diminishes the influence of the Holy Spirit when the preacher prepares their material. This topic is studied because it is still debated whether AI in homiletics has the potential to shift the central role of the Holy Spirit with technological algorithms. The main research question formulated in this article is: How can we conduct a theological review of the use of AI in sermon preparation? The findings of this study indicate that AI can speed up pastors' work in collecting data, identifying themes, and conducting linguistic analysis of biblical texts. However, the process remained within the framework of Christian theology, which places the pastor as a witness who conveys the word through spiritual experience. Therefore, the authority of preaching does not lie in AI, but in how the church integrates AI within a theological framework that places revelation, exposition, and the work of the Holy Spirit at the centre of the preaching process.

Abstrak: Fokus dari tulisan ini menelaah bagaimana penggunaan AI dalam menyusun khotbah, karena ada semacam anggapan penggunaan AI dalam penyusunan materi khotbah dalam homoletika menurunkan pengaruh Roh Kudus ketika sang pengkhotbah menyusun materinya. Topik ini dikaji karena masih menjadi perdebatan bahwa AI dalam homoletika berpotensi menggeser sentral Roh Kudus, dengan algoritma teknologi. Rumusan pertanyaan penelitian utama yang diajukan dalam artikel ini bagaimana telaah teologis terhadap penggunaan AI dalam menyusun khotbah? Hasil temuan dari kajian ini menunjukkan AI dapat mempercepat kerja pendeta dalam mengumpulkan data, mengidentifikasi tema, dan melakukan analisis linguistik terhadap teks Alkitab. Akan tetapi proses itu tetap berada dalam kerangka teologi Kristen yang menempatkan pendeta sebagai saksi yang menyampaikan firman melalui pengalaman Rohani. Sebab itu, otoritas khotbah tidak terletak pada AI tetapi bagaimana gereja mengintegrasikan AI dalam kerangka teologis yang menempatkan pewahyuan, eksposisi, dan karya Roh Kudus sebagai pusat dari proses berkhotbah.

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