O. Alan Noble

A Meaning Crisis and Atheists Why we need a disruptive witness

23% of atheists and agnostics think about meaning and purpose yearly. What does that mean for evangelism? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/a-meaning-...

Learning to Care and Not to Care Temperance and T.S. Eliot

Today I wrote about T.S. Eliot's paradox that we should both care and not care, and how that relates to temperance and anxiety. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/learning-t...

On Loving Books How to proper love books

I wrote about what it means to "love" books. And how we practically love them and their authors. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-loving-...

Accepting the Losses of Mental Affliction How to deal with the loss of time and other harms caused by mental afflictions

Today’s paid subscriber’s article is one I’ve been waiting to write on. It’s about the reality of loss due to mental affliction and how to deal with those losses. I hope you find this helpful. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/accepting-...

On Saving the World The burden of being hyper-responsible and the importance of temperance

I wrote about my desire to save everyone and fix everything, which I'm failing at, miserably. As you can tell if you look around. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/you-cant-s...

Serving While Weak in Mind or Body On knowing limits and taking courage

I wrote about something dear to me: serving others while feeling or being weak in mind or body. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/serving-wh...

The Great Cultural Divide Between Nihilists and Invitationalists

What if the bigger divide is not between progressives and conservatives but between those who believe in nihilistic coercion and those who believe in hopeful persuasion? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-great-...

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How to Pray in the Midst of Difficulties 1 John 5:14-15 and that importance of praying for a virtuous character

Life will inevitably strike you with difficulties. So the question is, how do you pray with those times come? How do you pray in God’s will? That’s the subject of this post. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/how-to-pra...

How to Live with Doubts In general and with OCD

Today I wrote about doubts and how to deal with and live with deep doubts about life as they come. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/how-to-liv...

How to Be Indebted to Friends The inevitable state we find ourselves in

Today I wrote about the reality of being indebted to friends and how to live with that debt. Subscribe to read! newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/how-to-be-...

Truth and Its Consequences How to not puppet narrative-driven rage-baiting and conspiracy theories.

Happy to be in @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social this morning talking about why and how Christians should be committed to the truth. thedispatch.com/newsletter/d...

Why Motherhood Can Feel Impossible From what I've seen and heard

Today's unlocked post is all about motherhood, especially young motherhood, and why it is so difficult: newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/why-mother...

Save the Humanities from the Slop We need the humanities today to remind us how to be fully human as God designed us, to exercise the gifts God has given us, and to love our neighbor.

“There may be a case for using AI in limited situations, but when it comes to the pursuit of wisdom or the cultivation of our gifts, we should be concerned about how we’re shortchanging our maturity.” @oalannoble.bsky.social
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Human Worth in the Attention Economy - Christianity Today James tells us to guard against partiality. That means rejecting disdain for mothers, blue-collar workers, and others the world devalues.

I'm in @christianitytoday.com today talking about the sin of partiality: www.christianitytoday.com/2026/01/huma...

Don't Believe the Evidence of Your Eyes On shootings and the epistemological crisis

On the value and challenges of video evidence and the dangers of State Media turning to culture war rhetoric instead of appealing to temperance during times of crisis. Subscribe to read! newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/dont-belie...

Fear of Responsibility And the courage to overcome it

It can be scary to act in the world, to take responsibility for your actions, to accept that you are a moral agent. But without that recognition, you can’t move. In this piece I deal with what I think is a too common fear in our time. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/fear-of-re...

Save the Humanities from the Slop We need the humanities today to remind us how to be fully human as God designed us, to exercise the gifts God has given us, and to love our neighbor.

I'm at TGC today exploring why we need the humanities today: www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/save...

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Politics Can't Make Us Virtuous Why we need mediating institutions to cultivate virtue

I wrote about why we can't turn to politics to fix everything and why we need mediating institutions to cultivate virtues. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/politics-c...

Becoming Yourself After Mental Affliction What do you do when your old, unhealthy habits are no longer there to define you?

I wrote about taking practical steps toward living life after it has been taking over by a mental illness or affliction for years. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/becoming-y...

If Jesus Wasn't Enough for Philip Yancey, Is He Enough for Me? Answering a question recently posed to me

Helpful thoughts from @oalannoble.bsky.social
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Dealing with the Youth Loneliness Crisis Why young people need courage

Today I wrote about the youth loneliness crisis, how it is affecting young women in particular, and why courage is so important as a response. Subscribe to read! newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/dealing-wi...

If Jesus Wasn't Enough for Philip Yancey, Is He Enough for Me? Answering a question recently posed to me

Someone posed this honest question to me on Twitter and so I wrote a response. It’s a question many people ask when a notable Christian figure is revealed to have commited grievous sin. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/if-jesus-w...

Speaking — Alan Noble

I'm looking to start going out and talking about my next book, To Live Well, all about how to live in chaotic times using the seven virtues as a guide. If you or your church, youth group, college group, whatever is interested, fill this out and let's talk. www.oalannoble.com/speaking

But my hope is that the first paragraph will entice you to become a subscriber anyway 😜

I'll try to flag it in the future though.

When AI Undresses Women on Command Why the biblical sexual ethic is necessary

Over the New Year, Grok started undressing women on Twitter on command. What I think this episode shows is a latent sense in the world that lust is sin. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/when-ai-un...

Living with Religious Scrupulosity or Moral OCD Alan Noble writes that OCD requires him to keep faith in God’s goodness as mediated through the wise voices of other people who will his good.

"What nobody told me was that your conscience, or what feels like your conscience, can be entirely mistaken through no fault of your own."

People I know are encouraged by this @oalannoble.bsky.social article.

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