Bishop Paul Morton Sr. Warns Preachers About Using AI for Sermons

In an era where technology promises speed, efficiency, and convenience, Bishop Paul Morton Sr. has issued a powerful caution to preachers across the world: do not surrender the sacred responsibility of preaching to artificial intelligence.

His message was not subtle, and it was not merely theoretical.

It was a direct appeal to the spiritual integrity of the modern pulpit.

“I want to speak to preachers all over this world,” he declared, immediately setting the scope of his warning.

What followed was not a rejection of technology as a whole, but a sharp distinction between tools that assist ministry and substitutes that quietly undermine it.

His central concern was clear: when AI begins to replace spiritual labor rather than support it, something holy is lost.

“You can’t let AI write all your sermons,” Bishop Morton said plainly, drawing applause and nervous laughter alike.

The reason, he explained, is simple but profound—artificial intelligence tells you what you want to hear.

It does not convict.

It does not discern.

It does not submit itself to the authority of the Holy Spirit.

According to Morton, AI has no moral compass.

It is programmed to comply, not to challenge.

If you ask it to affirm your bias, inflate your ego, or avoid uncomfortable truths, it will do so without hesitation.

That, he warned, is precisely why it can become dangerous in spiritual spaces.

He described AI as a modern “trick of the devil,” not because it exists, but because of how easily it can be misused.

Discernment, he emphasized, is now more necessary than ever.

Preachers must know what they can take from technology—and what they must leave alone.

One of the most striking moments in his message came when he addressed the growing pride some take in AI-assisted creativity.

Books, sermons, and teachings can now be generated with little more than a title and a few bullet points.

To Bishop Morton, this convenience should alarm believers rather than impress them.

“That’s why,” he explained, “I let people know how to receive the Word of God.”

He contrasted his own preaching style with what he called “headline preaching”—messages built around catchy titles rather than spiritual substance.

While a strong title may draw attention, he insisted that true preaching goes far deeper.

“I don’t just preach headlines,” he said.

“I preach the Word of God—and it’s the Holy Ghost.”

For Morton, preaching is not the transmission of information; it is the release of revelation.

That revelation cannot be manufactured by algorithms because it flows from a life shaped by prayer, obedience, and spiritual intimacy.

Once a preacher gives only the outline, he warned, AI can easily take over—but whatever follows may no longer be Spirit-led.

Importantly, Bishop Morton did not condemn AI outright.

Instead, he offered a balanced but firm perspective.

Like many tools, AI can be helpful if used wisely.

The danger lies in failing to discern the bad while embracing the good.

Without the Spirit of God guiding that discernment, the line between assistance and substitution becomes dangerously thin.

To help illustrate his concern, Morton drew a powerful comparison to fortune-telling and psychic culture.

He reminded listeners of how such practices often begin by offering just enough truth to hook people emotionally.

The deception does not begin with lies—it begins with partial truths, freely given.

“The devil starts out with you free,” he warned.

“But you’re going to pay for that free.”

He recalled the era of psychic hotlines and televised fortune-tellers, where callers were lured by accurate-sounding insights before being pulled deeper into dependence.

In his view, AI functions similarly when it replaces spiritual labor.

It can sound convincing, insightful, even prophetic—but it is still artificial.

Turning to Scripture, Bishop Morton anchored his warning in Isaiah 47 and Deuteronomy 18, passages that condemn sorcery, astrology, and spiritual shortcuts.

He emphasized that God explicitly rejects practices that attempt to access insight or power outside of divine relationship.

“Where are your astrologers?” the Scripture asks.

“Let them save you from what the future holds.”

The answer, Morton stressed, is that they cannot—because their insight is artificial.

By linking AI misuse with biblical warnings against divination and spiritual counterfeits, Morton was not equating technology with witchcraft.

Rather, he was highlighting a shared danger: replacing dependence on God with dependence on systems that imitate insight without divine authority.

The heart of his message was not fear—it was responsibility.

Preachers, he insisted, must guard the pulpit.

Sermons are not content; they are sacred assignments.

They should be wrestled out in prayer, shaped by Scripture, and delivered through the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

When preaching becomes automated, the congregation may still be entertained, informed, or inspired—but they may no longer be transformed.

In a time when churches face pressure to produce faster, smarter, and more polished messages, Bishop Paul Morton Sr.’s warning cuts against the grain.

It calls ministers back to the slow, unseen work of spiritual formation.

Back to discernment.

Back to dependence on God rather than convenience.

His message leaves preachers—and believers—with an uncomfortable but necessary question: If the sermon no longer comes from what’s inside of you, what spirit is really speaking?

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