Learning to Trust Yourself with OCD
Even when the heart is desperately sick
In recovery of OCD, you have to learn to trust your senses again and stop relying on doubt and your imagination. But how can you do that if your heart is desperately sick? That’s today’s subscriber's post is all about. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/learning-t...
09.03.2026 15:04
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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-...
06.03.2026 16:00
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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...
02.03.2026 15:59
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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-...
27.02.2026 15:17
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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-...
23.02.2026 15:15
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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...
20.02.2026 17:08
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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...
16.02.2026 19:40
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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-...
13.02.2026 15:52
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10.02.2026 16:32
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09.02.2026 16:06
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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...
09.02.2026 16:02
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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...
06.02.2026 15:29
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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-...
02.02.2026 15:08
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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...
01.02.2026 22:01
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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...
30.01.2026 16:10
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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
www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/save...
29.01.2026 11:37
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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...
26.01.2026 15:30
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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...
23.01.2026 15:19
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19.01.2026 16:32
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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...
19.01.2026 16:08
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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...
16.01.2026 16:15
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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...
12.01.2026 16:31
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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...
09.01.2026 15:25
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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
06.01.2026 17:53
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But my hope is that the first paragraph will entice you to become a subscriber anyway 😜
06.01.2026 17:52
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I'll try to flag it in the future though.
06.01.2026 17:52
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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...
05.01.2026 16:23
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