O. Alan Noble
@oalannoble.bsky.social
Author: #YouAreNotYourOwn, #OnGettingOutOfBed, #DisruptiveWitness. Assoc. Prof Eng., OBU. Fellow, Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics. Bald, PCA.Substack: https://newsletter.oalannoble.com/
I know it's still more than four months away, but preorders help authors a *lot*. And I'm excited about this book. I wrote it with my own two hands. And I tried to make it good. So that should count for something.
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I know it's still more than four months away, but preorders help authors a *lot*. And I'm excited about this book. I wrote it with my own two hands. And I tried to make it good. So that should count for something.
Today I wrote about the weight of living in chaotic, dehumanizing times and how to move forward without being discouraged or hopeless. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-church...
The Church in Dehumanizing Times
How then should we live?
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December 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Today I wrote about the weight of living in chaotic, dehumanizing times and how to move forward without being discouraged or hopeless. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-church...
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"Nobody told me how your mind can be your own worst enemy. How it can fixate on imaginary sins."
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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.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
"Nobody told me how your mind can be your own worst enemy. How it can fixate on imaginary sins."
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I wrote about hoping for rightly ordered desires, and the reality that they are not promised to us. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/hoping-for...
Hoping for Rightly Ordered Desires
Even when they are not promised to you
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December 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I wrote about hoping for rightly ordered desires, and the reality that they are not promised to us. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/hoping-for...
I’m still really interested in this idea that we struggle to face reality as a culture. Here I look at the way that manifests in anxiety and worries. How the disordered imagination is a failure to live in reality. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-living-...
On Living in Reality, Not in Anxiety
Lessons learned from recovering from OCD
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December 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I’m still really interested in this idea that we struggle to face reality as a culture. Here I look at the way that manifests in anxiety and worries. How the disordered imagination is a failure to live in reality. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-living-...
What do you do when it's the holidays and you don't feel like you're expected to feel? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-charli...
The Charlie Brown Condition
On feeling bad during the holidays when you know you should feel good
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December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
What do you do when it's the holidays and you don't feel like you're expected to feel? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-charli...
What would happen if we believed in the sincerity of our opponent's beliefs rather than assumed bad motives? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-import...
The Importance of Being Sincere
And why we should value it in ourselves and others
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November 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What would happen if we believed in the sincerity of our opponent's beliefs rather than assumed bad motives? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-import...
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can't fully express how grateful i was for this dispatch from @oalannoble.bsky.social. i'd recommend reading if you find yourself circling the same moral/theological Qs with increasing anxiety, or beyond the answers you can find.
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Tips for Living with Scrupulosity
Thinking through Religious OCD
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November 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
can't fully express how grateful i was for this dispatch from @oalannoble.bsky.social. i'd recommend reading if you find yourself circling the same moral/theological Qs with increasing anxiety, or beyond the answers you can find.
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By reader request, I wrote out some tips for living with scrupulosity, which may be a little niche, but for those who it affects, it should resonate deeply. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/tips-for-l...
Tips for Living with Scrupulosity
Thinking through Religious OCD
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November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
By reader request, I wrote out some tips for living with scrupulosity, which may be a little niche, but for those who it affects, it should resonate deeply. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/tips-for-l...
I wrote about the role of the Christian intellectual in a secular, distracted age. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-fight-...
The Fight to Recover What Has Been Lost
On the work of the modern Christian in an age of secularism and distraction
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November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I wrote about the role of the Christian intellectual in a secular, distracted age. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-fight-...
I wrote about gratitude for CT: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/how-...
How To Practice Gratitude (Even When You Don't Feel It) - Christianity Today
Excitedly one Christmas I ripped off a present’s wrapping paper. I hoped to see one of those video games you could get at Blockbuster in the ’90s, like
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November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I wrote about gratitude for CT: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/how-...
I wrote about a touchy subject. Antidepressants and over-prescription among youth. What role could mentorship and therapy play in helping young people? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/ssris-and-...
SSRIs and Resilience for Young People
Are we over prescribing SSRIs because we aren't mentoring young people?
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November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I wrote about a touchy subject. Antidepressants and over-prescription among youth. What role could mentorship and therapy play in helping young people? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/ssris-and-...
Impostor Syndrome. Everyone seems to have it. How do you live with it? I recount my experience and give some advice. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/so-youre-a...
So You're an Impostor. Now What?
On living with impostor syndrome
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November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Impostor Syndrome. Everyone seems to have it. How do you live with it? I recount my experience and give some advice. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/so-youre-a...
I wrote about choosing to trust our neighbors in a low-trust society. Subscribe and read! newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/hoping-all...
Hoping All Things in a Low Trust Society
Why we should learn to trust each other again
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November 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I wrote about choosing to trust our neighbors in a low-trust society. Subscribe and read! newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/hoping-all...
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This resonated deeply with me.
I wrote about why you should be a playful father (if you are a father) and the theological implications of play. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-being-a...
On Being a Playful Father
Even when feel the weight of the world on your shoulders
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November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This resonated deeply with me.
Virtues need community to be cultivated. So what are we to do when our community isn't loving and virtuous? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/how-to-be-...
How to Be Virtuous Against the Grain
What to do when your models of virtue are vicious
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November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Virtues need community to be cultivated. So what are we to do when our community isn't loving and virtuous? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/how-to-be-...
I wrote about why you should be a playful father (if you are a father) and the theological implications of play. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-being-a...
On Being a Playful Father
Even when feel the weight of the world on your shoulders
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November 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I wrote about why you should be a playful father (if you are a father) and the theological implications of play. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-being-a...
I wrote about the challenge of being known and the risk of being exposed. Subscribe and read! newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-being-k...
On Being Known
The challenges of exposure
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November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I wrote about the challenge of being known and the risk of being exposed. Subscribe and read! newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-being-k...
I wrote about acknowledging and living out responsibilities and why we tend to be hyper-responsible or irresponsible. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-knowing...
On Knowing Your Responsibilities
And turning things over to God
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November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I wrote about acknowledging and living out responsibilities and why we tend to be hyper-responsible or irresponsible. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-knowing...
I wrote about the well-worn slogan that we're all just "doing our best" and what it practically means in our lives. Subscribe and read! newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-just-do...
On Just Doing Your Best
Living in the space between excuse and ideal
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November 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I wrote about the well-worn slogan that we're all just "doing our best" and what it practically means in our lives. Subscribe and read! newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-just-do...
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On Authoritarian Immigration Policies
ICE and mass deportations
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November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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I wrote about the quest for wellness and how it cannot save you: newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/wellness-c...
Wellness Cannot Save You
How Wellness and Mental Health can be confused with the Gospel
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October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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I wrote about the possible shift from individualism to crowd identity. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-shift-...
The Shift from Individualism to Mob Identity
A thought experiment
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October 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I wrote about the possible shift from individualism to crowd identity. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-shift-...
I wrote about something dear to me: the ability and beauty of comforting someone with the comfort of Christ through your own suffering: newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/comforting...
Comforting Others with the Comfort of Christ
Making purpose of suffering
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October 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I wrote about something dear to me: the ability and beauty of comforting someone with the comfort of Christ through your own suffering: newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/comforting...
I wrote about how we make provision for our flesh online: newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/make-no-pr...
Make No Provision for the Flesh, Even Online
On the ways we are tempted to provide for sin
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October 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I wrote about how we make provision for our flesh online: newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/make-no-pr...