David Bottomley's Blog

Having worked in the IT industry for over 30 years, and in my current role managing an IT Managed Service Provider, I’m seeing dramatic changes I’ve never seen before. I’m utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) extensively to automate processes for us and our clients. We obviously still need humans, but the capabilities of AI agents are very real. Don’t take the AI and robotics revolution for granted. The advances we’re seeing are extremely dramatic—this is like the Industrial Revolution, electricity, the personal computer revolution, and the Internet all rolled into one. This technology will change the world dramatically, hopefully for the better, but there is massive and inevitable change coming in the next few years, and it’s going to be a bumpy ride—especially for those who aren’t utilizing it now. If you aren’t currently using AI to become more efficient and as a force multiplier—especially at your job—you will get run over by competitors who are, during this period of transition....

Throughout Christian history, interpretations of the Second Coming have varied widely, but the popular modern idea of a sudden dramatic coming preceded by a “rapture” event is actually a recent development, and not rooted in the Bible. Far older and more consistent with both Scripture and Christian traditions is the view that the Second Coming represents a gradual awakening of Christ’s life within humanity. Rather than expecting a sudden removal of believers or a single cataclysmic event, this view understands the Kingdom of God as unfolding progressively through history, transforming individuals and societies from within. This perspective aligns with Jesus’ own parables, the teachings of the Christian prophet Edgar Cayce, and the testimony of countless near-death experiences that describe a collective spiritual maturation rather than a dramatic escape. This gradual, transformative expectation was also the dominant view of the early Church. For the first 1,800 years of Christian histor...