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The Faith (In)Forming PodcastAlan Noble: Why Wasting Time is GoodIn this episode of The Faith (In)Forming Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Alan Noble to discuss his book You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World. We explore the weight of modern self-belonging, the exhaustion of constructing our identities, and the radical freedom found in the biblical truth that we belong to Christ.
Dr. Noble, a professor, writer, and cultural critic, offers deep insight into how the pressures of our society shape our lives and how faith reorients us to live with grace and purpose. Whether you’re wrestling with identity, bu...2025-03-2650 min
Old Books with GraceEast Coker with O. Alan Noble: Four Quartets, Lent 2025Lent is a time of repentance, reflection, and reconciliation. These are actions that happen in time, facilitated by memory and love. So even though we, as followers of Christ, repent, reflect, and reconcile year-round, one hopes, we set aside a time to especially do so, to be as intentional as we can, to pay special attention to our blessed limitations as creatures of God. It is easy to let these things go.
This is what Lent is for. It so happens that these themes—love, memory, time, attention, repentance, creatureliness—are also themes extensively explored in T.S. E...2025-03-191h 07
Jacobs Ladder PodcastOn Getting Out of Bed Pt1 with Alan Noble - JL229 We aren't always honest about how difficult normal human life is. In this interview, based on Alan Noble's book we discuss that for the majority of people, sorrow, despair, anxiety, and mental illness are everyday experiences. While we have made tremendous advancements in therapy and psychiatry, the burden of living still comes down to mundane choices that we each must make—like the daily choice to get out of bed. In this deeply personal essay, Alan Noble considers the unique burden of everyday life in the modern world. Sometimes, he writes, the choice to carry on amid great suffering—to simply...2024-11-2537 min
Confronting Christianity with Rebecca McLaughlinHow Do Christians Cope with Depression? with Alan NobleAlan Noble is an Associate Professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University. He has contributed articles to prestigious publications such as The Atlantic, The Gospel Coalition, First Things, and Christianity Today. He is the author of three books, with his most recent work being "On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living." His academic interests and writings often explore the intersections of literature, faith, and mental health.Episode Summary:Rebecca interviews Dr. Alan Noble, an Associate Professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University, about his latest book "On Getting Out...2024-09-2431 min
Upside Down PeopleFollowing Jesus Through Mental Affliction & Cultural Christianity | Alan NobleIn this episode Dr. O. Alan Noble, an author and Associate Professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University, joins the podcast to have a conversation around the real challenges faced by Christians journeying through mental affliction and why it's worth persevering through such suffering. He unpacks the question "Why get out of bed when facing suffering of various kinds?" and talks into the burden and gift of living.
We also talk about cultural Christianity is disrupting people's personal relationship with Jesus. Following Jesus means taking up our cross daily, embracing hardship and suffering, and...2024-07-3158 min
FrontStage BackStage with Jason Daye - Healthy Leadership for Life and MinistryMental Health & Ministry: Being Honest with Ourselves & Others - Alan Noble - 119 - FrontStage BackStage with Jason DayeAs ministry leaders, how can we honestly approach our own mental and emotional struggles and create safe spaces for others to do the same? In this week's conversation on FrontStage BackStage, host Jason Daye is joined by Alan Noble. Alan is a professor at Oklahoma Baptist University. He is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Christ and Pop Culture and an award-winning author. His most recent book is entitled On Getting Out of Bed. Together, Alan and Jason look at the reality of mental afflictions and how they relate to our spirituality. Alan then shares from his own experiences some...2024-07-2340 min
Doable DiscipleshipLiving With Hope in the Midst of Struggle with Dr Alan NobleLast year we released an episode of Doable Discipleship called The Burden & Gift of Living. Host Jason Wieland had read a book called On Getting Out of Bed by Alan Noble, and even though we were not able to interview him at the time, Jason needed to talk about this book. No book resonated with and spoke to Jason as deeply as On Getting out of Bed so Jason did his first solo episode of the podcast talking about the book. Well, the topic seemed to strike a chord as in the 6 months since its release, that episode has...2024-06-1850 min
Holy Unhappiness with Amanda Held OpeltEpisode 22 - Dr. Alan Noble and Mental Health Awareness MonthToday I am privileged to speak with Dr. O. Alan Noble, professor and author of the book On Getting Out of Bed, which is one of the best books I've ever read about the reality of struggling with mental health as a person of faith. Dr. Noble and I discuss the broken anthropology that may be contributing to the unique anxieties of our age and reflect on the message we send when we choose to persevere through suffering.2024-05-2926 min
Honestly, ThoughEpisode 126 | On Getting Out Of Bed: The Burden & Gift Of Living | Guest: Dr. Alan NobleEveryone experiences mental affliction in some way. Sometimes through long seasons of suffering. Other times through a quiet discomforting sense that all is not as it should be. Dr. Alan Noble sits down with Rebecca Carrell and Nika Spaulding to talk about "the burden and gift of living," and how, in the darkest times, even get out of bed is an act of worship and an acknowledgment of God's goodness.To learn more about Alan Noble and to purchase his book, visit his website: https://www.oalannoble.com/We love hugs! And when you rate, review, a...2024-04-0842 min
Deeper StillAlan Noble On Getting Out of Bed: The Gift & Burden of LivingAlan Noble talks about his award-winning book On Getting Out of Bed: The Gift & Burden of Living. Alan shares his motivation for writing the book, explores the myth of a happy life and takes a deep dive into the reality of living with mental afflictions--as well as those who love them. Alan emphasizes why getting out of bed is not only courageous, but a choice that ultimately reflects the goodness of God. TakeawaysMental health is an important topic that needs to be addressed.Suffering is a normal part of life, and it is...2024-03-0753 min
Re-integrateALAN NOBLE enters into our mental or emotional sufferingScroll down to read the episode description.Subscribe on your favorite podcast app!Episode Description:Many Christians must deal with some sort of mental or emotional suffering. While life is a good creation from a loving God, in a fallen and broken world, normal human life can be really difficult.While we have made tremendous advancements in therapy and psychiatry, the burden of living still comes down to the mundane choices that we each must make each moment, starting with the daily choice to get out of bed.Our g...2024-03-0541 min
The Ordinary Christian PodcastEpisode 87: The Burden and Gift of Living with Alan NobleTremendous suffering is the normal experience of being in this world. Beauty and love and joy are normal, but so is suffering. Alan Noble is a professor at Oklahoma Baptist University and has written a fantastic book on the burden and beautiful gift of living. In, On Getting Out of Bed, Alan Noble encourages his readers to know that God loves them and that they are a part of his good creation intended to glorify God and enjoy him forever.
On this episode of the podcast, Alan and I discuss the joys and challenges of living. We ta...2024-02-221h 01
Unbelievable?Classic Replay: Humanity, Ai, Metaverse and MGTOW - being human in an unhuman world with Alan Noble and Kelly KapicFirst aired in 2021, today's replay looks at what it truly means to be human and how young people today are building identity amidst the powers of ai and the metaverse. Why are we increasingly anxious, stressed and obsessed with identity? What can Christianity offer to re-humanise us?
These and more questions get addressed in conversation between Alan Noble, author of ‘You Are Not Your Own’ and Kelly Kapic, author of ‘You’re Only Human’.
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Cultural DebrisBookish Questions - Alan NobleAlan Noble is associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University. He is the author most recently of the book On Getting Out of Bed.
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The Heal Ministry PodcastEp. 122 | Alan Noble: On Getting Out of BedDo you ever struggle to have the motivation to get out of bed in the morning. Well Alan Noble wrote a book about it, and he joins us today to talk about the burden of living. Don’t worry - it’s an encouraging conversation. We just talk honestly about the responsibility and gift of living, as well as how it is genuinely hard to view life in such a way sometimes. This is an honest conversation about mental illness, physical suffering, and just the plain ole difficulties of normal life. Heads up - we talk specifically about suicidal idea...2023-10-1638 min
Trinity Forum ConversationsThe Burden of Living and the Goodness of God with Alan NobleThe Burden of Living and the Goodness of God with Alan NobleWe don’t often talk about the courage required to face ordinary life. Such common human challenges as sorrow, despair, anxiety, and mental illness may cause us to experience life more as a burden than a gift. For many, this struggle is a constant one.In his new book, On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden & Gift of Living, author and professor Alan Noble considers the challenges that face each one of us every morning. He concludes that the simple de...2023-07-1131 min
The Flip Side with Noah FilipiakEp. 83: Interview with Alan Noble on Suffering, Depression, and Getting Out of BedNoah interviews Dr. Alan Noble about his new book On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden & Gift of Living (InterVarsity Press). They discuss the daily realities of suffering and depression contrasted with the church's tendency to fake it like everything is okay and that if you do things God's way, he will fix everything.
Alan Noble (PhD, Baylor University) is associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University, cofounder and editor in chief of Christ and Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign. He has written for the Atlantic, Vox, BuzzFeed, The Gospel Coalition, Christianity Today, and First Things. H...2023-07-1048 min
Unhurried Living | Helping Christians Rest Deeper & Lead Better259: On Getting Out of Bed (Alan with Alan Noble)I’ve shared that one of the unexpected unhurriers of my life has been suffering. And much of that suffering has been more a suffering of soul than physical suffering. Anxiety and depression have too often been familiar companions throughout my life. For that reason, I’m glad to have a chance to speak with Alan Noble about his recently released book, On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden & Gift of Living. In it, he shares his own journey with inner suffering like anxiety and depression, and he offers us a vision of how we might...2023-06-2644 min
Restoring the Soul with Michael John CusickEpisode 261 - Alan Noble, "On Getting Out of Bed"“God is using us to testify to His goodness, but that's not why He loves us.” - Alan NobleFor many people, sorrow, anxiety, and mental illness are everyday experiences. We can see this as clear as day in a post-COVID world, and while we have made tremendous advancements in therapy and psychiatry, the burden of living still comes down to mundane choices that we each must make.Alan Noble joins Michael to discuss caring for yourself when you don’t want to. When it’s essential to rise above your circumstances and put one foot in...2023-05-1232 min
Make It SimpleOn Getting Out of Bed with Alan NobleThis week, Alan Noble joins the podcast to talk about his new book, On Getting Out of Bed, and considers about the unique burden of everyday life in the modern world. Alan shares how the choice to carry on amid great suffering—to simply get out of bed—is itself a powerful witness to the goodness of life, and of God. Alan Noble (PhD, Baylor University) is associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University, cofounder and editor in chief of Christ and Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign. He has written for many publi...2023-05-0957 min
The Christ and Pop Culture Podcast NetworkThe Scandal of Reading 24 | Alan Noble on T.S. Elliot's The Four QuartetsAlan Noble joins Jessica to discuss the 20th century Elliot's process of looking back into his tradition as the means of of writing poetry. The pair focus on The Four Quartets with an emphasis on the final of the four poems, Little Gidding while setting the stage of T.S. Elliot's life and situation during the writing of what is considered by many, including Elliot, to be his finest work."For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business." - T.S. ElliotCollected Poems...2023-04-201h 18
The Scandal of ReadingEpisode 24 | Alan Noble on T.S. Elliot's The Four QuartetsAlan Noble joins Jessica to discuss the 20th century Elliot's process of looking back into his tradition as the means of of writing poetry. The pair focus on The Four Quartets with an emphasis on the final of the four poems, Little Gidding while setting the stage of T.S. Elliot's life and situation during the writing of what is considered by many, including Elliot, to be his finest work."For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business." - T.S. ElliotCollected Poems...2023-04-201h 18
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Title: On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living
Author: Alan Noble
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Length: 02:18:47
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Release date: 04-18-23
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Summary:
We aren't always honest about how difficult normal human life is.
For the majority of people, sorrow, despair, anxiety, and mental illness are everyday experiences. While we have made tremendous advancements in therapy and psychiatry, the burden of living still comes down to mundane choices that we each must make—like th...2023-04-182h 18
Get Best Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, ChristianityOn Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living by Alan NoblePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living Author: Alan Noble Narrator: Alan Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 18 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Christianity Publisher's Summary: We aren't always honest about how difficult normal human life is. For the majority of people, sorrow, despair, anxiety, and mental illness are everyday experiences. While we have made tremendous advancements in therapy and psychiatry, the burden of living still comes down to mundane choices that we...2023-04-1805 min
The Holy Post560: The Rise of Retaliation Politics & How to Suffer Well with Alan NobleProtests have continued after last month’s school shooting in Nashville, including in the Tennessee state legislature where the majority Republicans expelled two Democrats after their protests broke the rules of decorum. What was really accomplished by this extreme response, and what’s really behind the rise of retaliation politics? Then, Skye talks to Alan Noble about his new book, “On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living.” Noble says we’ve believed the lies that life is supposed to be pleasurable, that suffering is abnormal, and that our feelings are a reflection of reality. Instead, at a time...2023-04-121h 26
In All Things PodcastGETTING Out of Bed with Alan Noble (ep. 38)On this episode of the podcast, I talk with Dr. Alan Noble about his new book, On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living. Getting out of bed may seem like a simple thing to do, but for many who struggle with mental affliction, getting out of bed is an act of faith and defiance against despair, a testimony to that fact that life is worth facing. Among the topics we discuss:
The difference between the categories of "mental suffering" and "mental illness" and why there might be a danger in over-relying on the category...2023-04-1239 min
The CartographersHow to Live with Alan NobleHow can we get out of bed each morning? Alan Noble's On Getting Out of Bed is a gentle reminder to do the next right thing when you or someone you love experiences mental affliction. In this conversation, Bryce Hales and Ashley Hales talk about Alan's work, what the redemption of Jesus means for depression and anxiety, and how to move beyond performing our pain.Resources mentioned:Alan's latest book, On Getting Out of BedAlan's other books: Disruptive Witness and You are Not Your OwnAshley's latest...2023-04-1142 min
The Monday Christian PodcastTMCP 135: Alan Noble on Getting Out of BedAlan Noble (PhD, Baylor University) is associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University, cofounder and editor in chief of Christ and Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign. He has written for the Atlantic, Vox, BuzzFeed, The Gospel Coalition, Christianity Today, and First Things. He is also the author of Disruptive Witness and You Are Not Your Own.
Episode Talking Points
Alan's experience during his baptism
The "why" behind Alan's book, On Getting Out of Bed
Start with worth
The hyper-competitiveness of the contemporary world
"The weariness of the self"
Christian communal rhythms
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The Gospel According To PodcastVol 2. Chapter 5 - Getting Out of Bed feat. Alan NobleThe Gospel According To... is the first and only podcast looking at the intersection of pop culture and Christian faith. On today's episode, Dan and Dave sit down with Alan Noble to discuss his forthcoming (not FOURTH coming) book, On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living. It's a heavy topic, so the guys get started with a game...it's the comeback of Taylor Swift or Lamentations!
Then Alan talks about what you can expect when you pick up OGOOB, how living in an inhuman society leads to the need for a book like...2023-03-0139 min
Theology in the RawYou Are Not Your Own: Dr. O. Alan NobleDr. O. Alan Noble is Associate Professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University, editor-in-chief of Christ and Pop Culture, and author of numerous articles. His most recent book is You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World and his forthcoming book (April 2023) is On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living.
In this conversation, we talk about lots of different things including the book Blood Meridian, which Alan wrote his master’s thesis on, the author Cormac McCarthy, and the content of his most recent book You Are Not Your Own, wh...2022-12-0159 min
The Jasons take on...Guest: Alan Fecamp - The World of Recruitment in Customer SuccessJoin us when we speak with Alan Fecamp. Alan is a Director in Zeren’s Commercial team and has 20+ years of experience in senior level recruitment and Executive Search, and has worked extensively across the UK, EMEA, and US.
In this episode, Alan is going to share his journey as the head of Customer Success at Zeren, an executive recruitment and head-hunting firm that works with innovative businesses to really help accelerate their growth.
ABOUT ALAN FECAMP
In more recent years, Alan has operated extensively in the post-sale arena, and has de...2022-11-2924 min
The Veritas ForumBeyond the Forum | You Are Not Your Own w/ Alan NobleThis season we've asked: "What does it mean to be human?" And not too far downstream from this question is one you probably ask on a regular basis: "Who am I?"
Both questions can be overwhelming. What if your answer isn’t right? Do you even know if there is a right answer? Can you change your mind? And is there a point when you have to have it all figured out? In our final episode of the season, we address that anxiety — that burden. Perhaps “having to figure it all out” is too much pressure. What if you d...2022-11-1739 min
All Things Bright and Beautiful26. Union with Christ and "You Are Not Your Own" with Guest Dr. Alan NobleHow do we grapple with a world that seems, as T.S. Eliot puts it “advances progressively backward.” In his book You Are Not Your Own, Dr. Alan Noble argues that the increasing cultural emphasis on efficiency, and increasing isolation have created an inhuman world. In this episode we talk with Dr. Noble about how our unity with Christ gives us meaning, purpose, and hope as we live in this world. We discuss despair, self-medication and escapism, and the antidotes of gratitude toward God, examining ourselves, death to self, and resting in belonging to Christ, our only hope in life...2022-11-0134 min
Those Who Serve The Lord#127 | You Are Not Your Own, Pt. 2 | Alan NobleTravis welcomes Alan Noble to the show as they discuss his book You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World. Once again they discuss what it means to live in our modern-day world. They discuss our fixation w/ self-medication, technique, the burden of self-justification, and guys like Charles Taylor, Jacques Ellul, and Zygmunt Bauman-fun names to say, eh? These are deep thinkers who were insightful to step back and examine our modern world and how it is shaping us. There are promises of having a better life, of being a better you, of...2022-10-2849 minThose Who Serve The Lord#126 | You Are Not Your Own Pt. 1 | Alan NobleWe welcome Alan Noble to the show! Alan is a professor, beard enthusiast, onion field lover, and fan of 1940's men's fashion. He is also the author of You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World. Today, Travis and Alan discuss what it means to live in our modern-day world. It seems that everywhere we turn, there are promises of living a better life, of being a better you, of fill-in-the-blank that is going to make your life better and give you a more concrete and complete identity. But what if those promises are simply...2022-10-2149 min
DayOne.FMAlan Noble discusses the contrast between Silicon Valley and Australia in the 2000'sAlan Noble is the founder of AusOcean, a not-for-profit organisation with the mission of helping the world’s oceans through technology. Alan also worked for 11 years as the Engineering Director of Google Australia, during which time he oversaw the hiring of hundreds of engineers to Google Australia’s team and got to know many of the people working within Australia’s startup ecosystem. In his conversation with Adam, Alan discusses the contrast between Silicon Valley and Australia in the early 2000’s, and how the failure of Google’s service, Google Wave, played an important role in the growth of Australia’...2022-05-2235 minThe History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem: Interview SeriesAlan Noble discusses the contrast between Silicon Valley and Australia in the 2000'sAlan Noble is the founder of AusOcean, a not-for-profit organisation with the mission of helping the world’s oceans through technology. Alan also worked for 11 years as the Engineering Director of Google Australia, during which time he oversaw the hiring of hundreds of engineers to Google Australia’s team and got to know many of the people working within Australia’s startup ecosystem. In his conversation with Adam, Alan discusses the contrast between Silicon Valley and Australia in the early 2000’s, and how the failure of Google’s service, Google Wave, played an important role in the growth of Australia’...2022-05-2235 min
The Deep Thoughts Podcast with Matt ShantzEpisode 63. You Are Not Your Own (with O. Alan Noble)Matt chats with tweed aficionado and Oklahoma’s finest, O. Alan Noble about his two books, Disruptive Witness and You Are Not Your Own.
How can we be a disruptive witness to a distracted, secular culture? In a society that tells us that you are your own and belong to your self, how is the Christian paradigm that you are not your own but belong to Christ actually incredibly freeing and comforting?
ABOUT
Dr. O. Alan Noble is assistant professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University and cofounder of Christ and Pop Culture. He has written for The Atlantic, Vox, BuzzFeed, T...2022-05-1945 min
Bible & StuffYou Are Not Your Own with Alan NobleAuthor Alan Noble joins the show to discuss the fundamental assumption of modern life that many of us are shaped by: "You are your own, and you belong to yourself." The Christian gospel, however, provides a better vision that reframes the way we understand ourselves, our families, and God.Check out Alan's book, You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World.Like the show? Leave us a tip at bbl.st/tipjar.For more information, visit our website at bibleandstuff.com.
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Outpost TheologyAlan Noble: You are Not Your OwnO. Alan Noble (PhD Baylor) is associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University, editor-in-chief of Christ and Pop Culture, and author of numerous publications. Alan's books include, Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age, and You are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World--which is the topic of this conversation.
Josh and Alan talk about what makes modern life uniquely dehumanizing, why the myth of self-belonging contributes to anxiety, how the Heidelberg Catechism can help, what drew Alan to literature, and why Christians should read Cormac McCarthy.2022-04-2549 min
Monday Morning PastorS7E9 - Alan Noble: Lions, and Culture and BearsDoug and Bob talk about church bloopers before they have a great conversation with Dr. Alan Noble about the people in the pews, culture, and identity. We also discuss his newest book “You Are Not Your Own” and we find out his real name, and some hidden talents. Alan’s new book: You Are Not Your OwnAlan’s Soundcloud …Information and registration for our online group coaching and spiritual direction cohorts can be found at www.kiarospartnerships.org/groups - space is limited so make sure to...2022-04-0451 min
Drama School DropoutEp 70. 'A Glasgow Kiss' with Alan DaleThis week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Alan Dale. We chat about the end of Neighbours and the possibility of Alan’s return, impersonating Shelley Berman, swords falling apart on stage, doing Spamalot on the West End, starting acting lessons at the age of 52, auditioning for Ugly Betty with a pair of lacy red panties in his pocket, the time my old drama school lecturers turned up at my industry showcase and the importance of following instructions.
Host: Ingram Noble
Guest: Alan Dale
Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble...2022-03-0840 min
Re-integrateThe Overwhelming Anxieties Caused by "I Belong to Nobody but Myself!" with Alan NobleEverything in Western society teaches us that we belong to nobody but ourselves. This sounds great! We can create our own identities, map out our own lives, and find our own significance. This means that we are entirely responsible for ourselves. But Alan Noble says this overwhelmingly burdens us to try to justify our existence and to create and express our own identities. And society is more than happy to manipulate us as we do so. There is a lot of money to be had in people who are burdened with creating, sustaining, and projecting who...2022-02-1145 min
For Your ConsiderationA Conversation with Alan NobleIt was my pleasure to speak with Dr. Alan Noble about his recently published book, You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World. Dr. Noble is Associate Professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University and the founder and former editor of Christ and Pop Culture. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Vox, Buzzfeed, First Things, Christianity Today, and The Gospel Coalition. Noble’s first book, Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age, likewise explored the contours of faith and faithfulness in our contemporary cultural milieu. In our conversation, we dis...2022-02-1158 min
The Learner's Corner with Caleb MasonEpisode 268: Alan Noble On Living In an Inhuman World, the Responsibilities of Self-Belonging, and Choosing Faithfulness Over SuccessIn this episode, Caleb talks with Alan Noble about his book, You Are Not Your Own.Links MentionedAlan NobleYou Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World by Alan NobleHoly Post Interview with Alan Noble2022-01-181h 06
Anchored by the Classic Learning TestDr. O. Alan Noble on The Good LifeOn this episode of Anchored, Jeremy and Arooba are joined by Dr. O. Alan Noble, associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University. Dr. Noble discusses his interest in studying culture as a young student, but how challenging it was to learn to do it in a way that honors God. He talks about the existential dread that many students face in response to cultural pressure to perform in a specific way. Dr. Noble also shares the importance of developing a Godly perspective, knowing our limits, and recognizing that some things aren't good for our souls. He explains that...2021-12-3029 min
Henry ConversationsProf. Alan NobleIn this episode, Micah talks with author Dr. Alan Noble of Oklahoma Baptist University. The pair discuss Dr. Noble’s most recent book, “You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World.” Today’s listeners will find particularly interesting Dr. Noble’s discussion of self belonging and the “I just need to” mentality with its endless horizon of tasks and goals. This episode offers applicable advice to push back against the influence of a “world built against the grain of how we’re designed to live.”2021-12-2845 min