AI Did Not Pick Your Pocket
A Biblical, Legal, and Confessional Case Against Calling Every Rightful Use of Artificial Intelligence “Theft”
Rev. Brandon Warr
Brandon Warr is a Lutheran pastor, husband, and father who writes pulp fiction.
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In a Hole in the Ground: Human Authorship, Artificial Intelligence, and the Right to Sub-Create
Why Human Intention, Creative Control, and Christian Sub-Creation Still Matter in the Age of Generative AI
"Signal (Interlude)" Explained: The Dead Hear and Live
A Static Whisper from the Fathers on the Word That Wakes the Dead
The Artist Is Not Justified by Works
Effort, Property, Communism, and the Theology Behind the AI Panic
A Marketing Consultant Would Hate This
Lutheran theology, pulp imagery, and hip hop under one roof. Plus the "Fangs" video premieres today.
Why Heresy Still Matters Online and in Music
On internet drama, wounded consciences, and an open letter to Bryson Gray
Music You Can Hold: Collecting, Streaming, and the Christian Stewardship of Sound
A follow-up to "You Shall Not Steal" — and the announcement I've been waiting to make.
I Let AI Analyze a Facebook Post. It Was More Self-Aware Than the Author.
When AI can point out irony better than some humans in Christian hip-hop
Defensor Harmoniae Biblicae: A Lutheran Pastor Made a Hip-Hop Project.
Here's Why That's Not As Stupid As It Sounds.
Not All Reformation: Why Pentecostalism Is Outside Historic Protestantism (Pt. 2)
A steel-man and Conclusion
Not All Reformation: Why Pentecostalism Is Outside Historic Protestantism (Pt. 1)
How a Movement Born in Revivalism Departed from the Historic Protestant Faith
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra… and the Death of a Shared Culture
When Words Remain but Meaning Is Lost
12 Angry Men and the Art of Explaining Everything Away
Christian Apologetics, Atheist Doubt, and the Habit of Explaining Away the Evidence
Karma, Reincarnation, and the Death of Compassion
Why the Gospel Rejects the Logic of Karma
Martin Luther King Jr., Christian Martyr?
A Confessional Lutheran Correction
A Look Back, A Look Ahead, and Why Your New Year's Resolution is Probably Idolatry
December 29, 2025
You Shall Not Steal: Digital Piracy, Christian Stewardship, and the Importance of Physical Ownership
Over the past several months, I have been setting up my own Jellyfin media server.
Why Stream DOOM? A Confessional Lutheran Answer
On vocation, media, and the right distinction between Church and content.
Reformation Week: Why Remaining Lutheran Is Remaining Catholic and Apostolic
A Call to the Faithful: Why the Confessional Lutheran Church Alone Keeps the Apostolic Faith
The Confessional Response to Pop Culture Fear
From Swiftie Hysteria to Lutheran Resistance: A Call to Create, Not Complain.