Friends of TENTMAKERS Breakfasts are regular gatherings of TENTMAKERS supporters, alumni and friends for fellowship, inspiration, networking, sharing testimonies, and to stay current with TENTMAKERS activities. However, we always want to welcome new friends who just want to see what TENTMAKERS is about. Come and reconnect with Dick and Londa Amundson, Mark Eliason and other Tentmakers. Our major purpose is to have fellowship per Acts 2:42, "They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer."

Guest Speaker: Dr. Greg Jesson

Dr. Jesson retired from teaching philosophy at Luther College and the University of Iowa. He also served as the Director of the Center for Ethics and Public Life at Luther College. Dr. Jesson’s education includes studying philosophy at L’Abri with Francis Schaeffer and earning philosophy degrees from UCLA (UG), USC (MA) under Dallas Willard & University of Iowa (Ph.D.). Jesson is a Francis Schaeffer, Dallas Willard and C.S. Lewis scholar. He has published and edited articles on the nature of thought and knowledge, philosophy of mathematics, the portrayal of love in modern film, and the philosophical and religious thought of Dallas Willard. He has taught at several colleges and has lectured widely in America and Europe including for the military at the National Cathedral and the Pentagon.

Topic: The Tidal Wave of the Internet and AI Drowning Genuine Thinking: How the Greatest Revolution in History is Destroying Humanity

Long before Hollywood versions of robots taking over the world will come about (Colossus, 2001 A Space Odyssey, I Robot, etc.), computers are silently transforming the fabric of human life right now in ways few see.  This process is further being supercharged by the unstoppable Artificial Intelligence revolution that is coming at us like a runaway train.  We will examine many of the latest studies, which show that computers are significantly changing the structure of our brains and robbing us of much of our joy.

These changes affect every facet of our lives: our relationships, our businesses, our education, our politics, our faith, and our capacity to think about the ultimate questions of life.  This is one of the central reasons why our world is quickly changing into unrecognizable and uncharted territory.

Not all computer use is necessarily harmful, but we will explore how St. Paul’s insights in Romans 6.16, where he argues that we become enslaved to the things we depend on, and we depend on the things we do, profoundly relates to how computers are now at the very center of our lives, and easily misused.  Very few issues will affect each of us as deeply as this unprecedented crisis, which is now upon us in full force.