Appendix C — The Leader’s Guide

“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another.” — Hebrews 10:24–25 (ESV)

This book was built to be walked through by a group — a Bible study, a Sunday school class, a men’s or women’s group, a pair of friends — in ten meetings, one lesson each. This page is everything a leader needs. You do not need to be a technology person to lead it; you need to be a faithful convener. The book does the teaching; you host the conversation.

The shape of the study

• Ten meetings, 60–75 minutes each (trim to 45 by shortening the discussion; the lesson itself is under 30).
• One lesson per meeting, in order. The lessons build: fluency first (1–5), discernment second (6–10).
• Participants need: a Bible (ESV is quoted, any faithful translation works alongside), and the one free tool from Appendix A. Meeting 1 can include setup time for those who need a hand.
• The room needs: at least one device with a browser if you plan to do the practice panel together (a laptop on a TV works wonderfully); nothing else.

Two formats that work

Read-ahead (recommended). Everyone reads the lesson and tries the practice panel and real-world exercise before the meeting. The meeting is: opening prayer → 5-minute recap → group discussion questions → shared practice moment → close. This gets the deepest conversation.

Read-together (works fine). For groups that won’t do homework: open in prayer, have two or three members take turns reading the lesson aloud (15 minutes), run the practice panel together on the shared screen (10), then discuss (25). The lessons were written short enough for this on purpose.

A meeting, minute by minute (read-ahead format)

Leading the tricky moments

• Wide range of tech comfort. Pair people deliberately: the member who has never used a chatbot sits with the one who uses it daily. Meeting 1’s job is to get everyone through Appendix A — budget time for it, and let the confident members serve. The least techie member often becomes the study’s best discernment voice; say so out loud.
• “Should Christians even use this?” Someone will ask, often at meeting 1 or 5 — welcome it; the book takes the question seriously rather than assuming the answer. Lesson 1’s distinction (a made tool, neither god nor ghost) and Lesson 5’s line (a help, never a substitute) are the anchors. A member who prayerfully concludes they’ll abstain from the tools still profits enormously from Lessons 6–8 — the defensive lessons assume no AI use at all, and every household needs them.
• Someone has been scammed. Statistically, in any group of adults, someone has — or their parent has. Lesson 7 names the shame directly (Galatians 6:2). If a member shares a story, honor it as the most valuable contribution of the night; it will do more to protect the group than the whole chapter. Never press anyone to share amounts.
• Political heat at Lesson 8. Misinformation examples can drift toward whichever outrage is current. Keep the drill on method — the five questions — and use the lesson’s own examples rather than the week’s headlines. The discipline is the discipleship.
• Doctrinal questions from AI answers. If members bring in things a chatbot said about theology, treat it as a live demonstration of Lesson 5: the machine blends every commentary and heresy it ever read. Route real doctrinal questions to Scripture and your pastor — and name what you just did as exactly the habit the book teaches.

The arc to keep in view

If you keep only one leader’s note, keep this: the study’s destination is Lesson 10’s rule of life. Everything before it supplies the materials. Mention the destination early (“by meeting ten, each of us will write and sign a personal rule”), remind at meeting 5, and protect meeting 10 for it fully — rules read aloud (or the hardest line of each), the group’s six-month check-in scheduled before anyone leaves, and a closing blessing (the book ends with 2 Thessalonians 3:16; read it over them).

A group that leaves with signed rules, a shared code-word habit in their households, and a calendar date to review has not finished a book — it has installed a practice. That’s the win. “Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another” (Proverbs 27:17, ESV).

Quick answers for the leader

• Do I need to master the tools first? No. Stay one lesson ahead and be willing to say “let’s find out together.” Modeling calm non-expertise is the posture the book teaches.
• What if the practice panel won’t load on the room’s screen? Every panel’s substance is described in its lesson — run it as a spoken exercise (“here’s the scenario; safe or scam? why?”) and have members try the panel at home. Nothing is lost.
• Mixed translations in the room? The book quotes ESV throughout. Members reading NIV, KJV, or NASB will hear slight wording differences — a fine moment to note that checking wording against a real Bible is literally Lesson 4’s skill.
• Can teens join? Gladly — Lessons 6–8 are arguably most urgent for them, and mixed generations make the scam and sharing discussions notably better. The material assumes adult reading level and a Christian foundation, nothing more.
• What does it cost? Nothing. Every tool is free; the only purchase in the whole study is optional printer ink for safety cards and signed rules.

Go shepherd it well. The flock you’re protecting is real, the wolves are real, and so — far more — is the Lord who sends his people out wise and innocent at once.