Policy

How We Use AI at Bible Passages

October 19, 2026 · John W. Moore

Our Commitment

Every article at Bible Passages begins with our own study, ideas, research, teaching, and time in the land of the Bible. We sometimes use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help research, organize, and draft that material, the way a writer might use a research assistant or an editor. But a person always stands behind what we publish. Every post is reviewed, verified, and approved by its named author before it goes live.

We hold ourselves to this because our mission is to show that faith and fact belong together. "Therefore, putting away lying, 'Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor'" (Ephesians 4:25, NKJV). That applies to how our work is made, not only to what it says.

What AI May at Times Help With, and What It Never Does

AI may help us

  • Turn our dictated notes and teaching outlines into a first draft
  • Search for and summarize scholarly sources, museum records, and archaeological reports
  • Suggest structure, headings, maps, and photo placement
  • Check grammar, clarity, and readability
  • Explain Hebrew and Greek terms for us to verify in standard lexicons

AI never

  • Supplies the message, conviction, or spiritual application of a post
  • Serves as the final authority on any fact, date, or citation
  • Creates images presented as real photographs of biblical sites or artifacts
  • Writes quotations, testimonials, or endorsements attributed to real people that they did not say
  • Replaces the study of Scripture itself

The ideas, the teaching, the photographs from our travels, and the conclusions are our own. AI at times helps us say them more clearly and back them up more thoroughly.

How Every Post Is Checked

Before anything is published, the author:

  1. Verifies every source. Each quotation and citation is checked against the original book, journal, or museum record. If a source can't be confirmed, it comes out.
  2. Checks every Scripture reference against the stated translation.
  3. Marks the uncertain as uncertain. Where scholars disagree, or a discovery is still a proposal, we say so plainly.
  4. Uses only images we have the right to use: our own photographs, public-domain works, or properly licensed and credited images.
  5. Reads the final draft in full and edits it until it says what we mean, in our own voice.

As Google's guidance for publishers puts it, "It is critical to manually factcheck and review all AI-generated content" (Google Search Central, "Google Search's guidance on using generative AI content on your website"). We agree, and we hold ourselves to a higher standard than search rankings require.

How We Label Our Work

Any post where AI helped with research or drafting ends with this note:

This article was written by John W. Moore using his own research, personal knowledge, study, experience, and wisdom from practical classroom instruction. AI tools assisted with research and were consulted in drafting, organization, grammar, syntax, and spelling. All content was reviewed, verified, and edited by the author.

Posts where AI was used only for spelling and grammar carry no note. If we ever publish material that is mostly AI-generated, we will label it clearly as such.

Questions about how we prepare our material are always welcome. Contact us at john.moore@biblepassages.net.