A Quiet Shift, a Clearer Focus

Why I’m Re-centering Beyond the Dalet and What You Can Expect

I want to share a few things that have been on my mind for some time now. They include a renewed commitment I’m making with Beyond the Dalet, some transparency around my use of tools like ChatGPT, and a new series I’ve been working on that I’m really looking forward to sharing. While they may seem like separate topics, they’re all connected by a deeper desire to keep the gospel clear, grounded, and centered on grace.

I’ve realized how easily our language can drift, and why clarity around grace matters more than we often realize. I want to offer some of my own reflection as I take an honest look at a recent course correction I’m making and a glimpse into where Beyond the Dalet is heading next.

Recentering for the Sake of Gospel Clarity

When it comes down to it, it isn’t as much a shift as it is an intentional commitment to myself, my readers not to mention to the stewardship entrusted to me by the Lord. That commitment has to do with my view of the gospel message and the work of grace in the life of Believers. Like many, I find the tendency to drift away from remaining in the certainty of the gift of grace. Sometimes that drift is so imperceptible we hardly notice it. Like when we feel we have to work at maintaining our life in God rather than resting in the abiding gift He has already provided.

Since I’ve been working on my latest project I have been using ChatGPT to assess for content flow, biblical and theological accuracy as well as adherence to the gospel message. To say that I was challenged by the feedback is saying that mildly.

Frankly, I was shocked. ChatGPT doesn’t soften its feedback or account for personal attachment—it simply evaluates language and theology against stated criteria. It just spits out the facts. And the fact is that the bedrock principle of my most recent project could not only be easily misinterpreted, the way I had it worded actually contradicted the basic grace message. That message being that Jesus did the work. We do not live out of our ability, but out of His abiding life within us. Now, I believe that with all my heart. The problem is I wasn’t communicating that efficiently through what I was presenting.

The whole thing gave me pause. I’ve been writing this blog for seven years. This recent assessment made me wonder how often I’ve made statements that were misleading or at least not clearly connected with the grace provided through Christ. I’m not raking myself over the coals. I’m also not going to go through seven years of stuff. But I am making a commitment going forward. That commitment is to make sure the message is clear and maintains the integrity of the gospel.

The Foundations Project

While I will periodically share on subjects such as the Biblical/Hebraic calendar and prophetic words, my primary focus for the remainder of 2026 is going to be on building a solid foundation before seeking a platform. The Holy Spirit mandate on life is to summon the Ekklesia from where we are to where we are called to be.

I have been entrusted by God with His people, and that stewardship must always remain anchored in dependence on the finished work of Christ—not my vigilance, but His faithfulness. Having said that, I would do you a disservice if I didn’t keep us connected to the truth of the finished work of Christ. What that is going to look like going forward is a commitment to have a watchful and careful eye on the messages being shared through Beyond the Dalet.

In the upcoming formation series:

In the weeks ahead, I want to invite you to walk with me through a new formation series titled Foundation Before Platform. This series is not about striving harder or doing more, but about returning to the place where the Christian life actually begins—the finished work of Christ and the life He has already given. Together, we will revisit the gospel as good news, allow identity to precede instruction, and let formation arise from grace rather than pressure. As we begin, my hope is simply that you would come unhurried and attentive, open to being re-grounded in what has already been given—allowing the Spirit to gently reestablish what everything else in life is built upon.

Foundation Before Platform is a formation teaching that returns the Christian life to its proper starting point: the gospel as good news, not obligation. Rather than framing faith as performance or self-improvement, this lesson centers on what God has already accomplished through Jesus Christ—restoring life, giving a new identity, and indwelling His people by the Spirit.

Drawing from a first-century understanding of discipleship, it shows how obedience flows from belonging, identity precedes instruction, and transformation grows from grace rather than pressure. This is an invitation to step off the platform of striving and stand again on the unshakable foundation Christ has already laid—so that what is formed in hiddenness can endure when tested. And before we can talk about weathering storms or navigating seasons of success, it helps to pause and remind ourselves why foundation matters in the first place.

Formation is Process

The process of formation always comes before expression. And what takes shape at the beginning determines what can endure later. What we believe about how life in Christ begins shapes how we attempt to live it out as we go along. When that starting point subtly drifts away from grace received to effort sustained, things may hold together for a while, but they won’t remain steady when tested.

Keeping Christ, not ministry output, at the center

I am committed to an Ephesians 4 way of serving the body—one that prioritizes formation over visibility and maturity over momentum, attending first to what is established before what is expressed.

And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, that is, Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. ~ Ephesians 4:11–16 (NASB 2020)

My aim is not to produce followers of a platform, but believers who are rooted in Christ, growing in discernment, and coming into the fullness of who they already are in Him. In this way, the prophetic voice of Beyond the Dalet is not aimed at spectacle or prediction, but at strengthening the church through edification, encouragement, and comfort—speaking in a manner that builds up what has been laid in Christ, and drawing people into greater stability, unity, and love. Ongoing sessions in the formation series, as well as prophetic posts will be designed with this view in mind.

What I’m Doing and Not Doing with AI

Concerning the use of ChatGPT or other AI products. I am not using it to create content. It does not replace prophetic insight. It does not replace solid biblical exegesis. It is a tool, like any other research tool. I use it do research, and to check biblical and theological accuracy. I use it for spell and grammar check and to get feedback on if my choice of wording is understandable. I use it as a comparison tool. I use it to easily compare the viewpoints and doctrinal stand on certain subjects as they vary among different denominations within Christianity. And most recently I used it to analyze my work to ensure that I do not in any way deviate from the centrality of the gospel and the finished work of Christ.

In this respect, I believe this tool allows me to maintain a more theologically accurate and consistently Biblically based Christ-centered message. I am not sponsored by ChatGPT or any other business, organization, or ministry. So, no I do not receive funds from them. It is my desire to remain untethered from from sponsorship of any kind. In this way, I can deliver the messages I choose, as I feel led of Holy Spirit, rather than out of obligation to any particular organization or person.

While I use AI as a research tool, I do not let it replace listening to the Lord. I use it alongside other reference works such as interlinears, lexicons, commentaries and other study tools and what I have access to through the Logos Bible Study Platform.

And for those who may have questions or unease about my use of AI tools, please know this: they serve only as a support for clarity and accuracy—never as a substitute for Scripture, prayer, discernment, or listening to the Holy Spirit.

In Closing

I want to encourage you in your own walk of faith. Each step we take is already met with grace—reminding us that the Christian life is not sustained by how hard we strive, but by how deeply we rest in the love and acceptance God has already given us in Christ.

May you find peace in knowing that growth and transformation are not forced outcomes, but works nurtured by the Holy Spirit over time. As we remain centered on the finished work of Christ, we are freed to support one another in ways that build up rather than burden—forming a community marked by love, grace, and truth.

Be encouraged. Trust in His faithfulness as you stay open to the ways He is leading you in this season. What is built on the foundation of His grace will endure.

You are loved. You are seen. You are held.

Watch Your Inbox for a link for the upcoming series Foundation Before Platform