Alan Noble

Dec 20, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | Alan Noble

I suspect most middle-aged Americans had never heard of Character.AI until The New York Times ran the tragic story of how 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III committed suicide after an obsessive and toxic relationship with a character from the AI chatbot service. Setzer would spend several hours a day in his room chatting with an avatar based on Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones. Their relationship was romantic and erotic at times.

Oct 15, 2024 | mereorthodoxy.com | Alan Noble

I like to say that I was very homeschooled because we had goats. Milk goats to be exact. I drank goat’s milk daily, especially chocolate goat’s milk, which was very creamy. I needed it to fatten me up as a very scrawny and awkward homeschooled teenage boy. For a year or two, every night I would stay up late watching Murder She Wrote, eating a bowl of Top Ramen, and drinking a tall glass of chocolate goat’s milk. For whatever reason, this strikes me as a supremely homeschool kind of behavior.

Jun 23, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | John Lee |Brett McCracken |Justin Taylor |Alan Noble

Most of the advice I’ve received as a single man has been about finding a spouse. Whether it’s exhortations to grow or encouragements to persevere, conversations are anchored to the anticipation of future marriage. Advertise on TGCFor one, marriage isn’t promised to everyone, and more than half of those who marry will be single again. But more importantly, marriage-centered singleness focuses on the single as an individual.

Jun 22, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | David E. Prince |Brett McCracken |Justin Taylor |Alan Noble

I love my home state of Alabama, which is known for many things, some good and some bad. It is the home state of two Major League Baseball (MLB) all-time greats: Henry Aaron and Willie Mays. The two baseball heroes, inextricably connected, were not fond of one another. And, sadly, as of this week, neither is with us any longer. Henry Aaron was born on February 5, 1934, in Mobile, Alabama, and died on January 22, 2021, at 86.

Jun 20, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | Joe Carter |Brett McCracken |Ryan McGraw |Alan Noble

The Story: The Italian Supreme Court’s harassment of an evangelical church serves as a stark reminder that the ongoing threats to religious liberty often come from those who identify as Christians. The Background: For nearly a decade, Breccia di Roma, an evangelical congregation in Rome, has been embroiled in a legal battle with Italian tax authorities over recognizing their meeting place as a legitimate place of worship.