𝐎. 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞 @TheAlanNoble
Author: #YouAreNotYourOwn, #OnGettingOutOfBed. Leadership Council @Andcampaign. Assoc. Prof Eng @OBUnews. Fellow, Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics oalannoble.substack.com Shawnee, Ok Joined March 2008-
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-Left: a recent NYT Instagram post -Right: a paragraph from @JonHaidt’s latest book describing the problem with posts just like this
A narrative that makes perfect sense if we are our own and belong to ourselves.
A narrative that makes perfect sense if we are our own and belong to ourselves.
All lasting conflicts are sustained by double victim narratives. Both sides marshal compelling evidence that they are the threatened minority. There is nothing more irresponsible than to be someone in public life who consistently fuels one side of a double victim narrative.
I am about as pessimistic as I’ve ever been about the political trajectory of our country (and that’s saying something). It’s a good thing my hope is in Christ the King and not in some temporal government.
My article on Kendrick made the list of my best articles: oalannoble.substack.com/p/the-best-of-…
St. Augustine, Confessions:
St. Augustine, Confessions:
"Without becoming alarmist, we need to acknowledge that a large segment of our society, which I call the Resigned and Burge calls the Dropouts, are suffering from anomie. They simply no longer see a full life as a struggle worth enduring." Link below
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@TheAlanNoble I’m dying to know what he thinks about autism. Sometimes I like listening to ableist garbage just to trigger myself for no reason
@TheAlanNoble @scottinthe503 he has just condemned a whole lot of people including the armed forces and abuse survivors. He is a disgrace
@TheAlanNoble 20 years ago I worked at a megachurch just like that. Some of our counseling staff went through MacArthur’s seminary where mental issues are effectively all considered sin that can be fixed by repentance and memorizing Bible verses.
@TheAlanNoble Alan, I’m so sorry that was your experience. Thank you for modeling grace and charity on something so erroneous and hurtful.
@TheAlanNoble As someone with TS and OCD, I haven't been so angry over a video by a well-known pastor in a very long time. I just can't even fathom why MacArthur would think this is accurate or wise to say.
@TheAlanNoble I just read this book a couple of weeks ago. As I watched this clip from another feed I immediately started to recall some of your thoughts and arguments from this book. Thank you for sharing and writing this book!
@BMcGrewvy @TheAlanNoble In my experience, it is not generational. In the reformed circles, there is the embrace of nouthetic counseling - which seems to hinge on this. But younger generations are really digging their heels into this.
@TheAlanNoble Being diagnosed with OCD @ 36 (after ages of trying OCD/ADHD Self help books from Barnes & Noble) I can confirm it is real and my medication has saved my life. If not because it eased my anxiety from OCD rumination, my body is healing from excoriation and I want that for all ❤️
@TheAlanNoble Is this kind of similar to the opposite side of the theological fence with hyper-charismatics who say don't take medicine or see doctors because you just need to have enough faith to be healed?
@TheAlanNoble This is very sad. Solidarity for those of us who have grown up in this environment. If mental health was valued, early intervention could have positively impacted many of our adult lives.
@TheAlanNoble 1. Medication isn't a fix all - truth. HOWEVER, medication helps my kid discern and make better choices because they balance the chemicals in his brain. Meds will likely keep my kid from ending up in jail. 2. If you actually have ADHD and take a stimulant, you don't get high.
If you’re a Christian and the part of this that is about OCD is disturbing to you, please read this mereorthodoxy.com/when-belief-is…
“There’s no such thing as PTSD. There’s no such thing as OCD. There’s no such thing as ADHD.” — John MacArthur
I am thankful for the dude who invented the coffee maker.
John MacArthur's theology kills souls. His brand of fruit-checking obsessive introspection mixed with a rejection of the existence of OCD as anything more than personal choice nearly killed me. Thank God for the means of grace.
“There’s no such thing as PTSD. There’s no such thing as OCD. There’s no such thing as ADHD.” — John MacArthur
Fun note: back in 2007 Tim Keller was talking about the radical shift in evangelism needed because you could no longer assume a shared moral and spiritual backdrop of a structurally Christian culture to draw on. m.youtube.com/watch?v=KpaRmD…
This can be partly explained by @aaron_renn's work. Legacy Evangelical persuasion methodology didnt have to navigate a tension between the cultural zeitgeist and longtime Christian teaching about nature of humanity until about 2010 or so and they've not figured it out yet.
This is deeply troubling in so many ways. I'm certain these men are deeply passionate about the gospel, about saving sinners through the proclamation of Christ, but this should concern you. A 🧵
“There’s no such thing as PTSD. There’s no such thing as OCD. There’s no such thing as ADHD.” — John MacArthur
@DZRishmawy the irony here is that this is the *exact* type of self-aggrandizing methodology that he finds so problematic in word of faith/charismatic circles john, you just named it and claimed it, bud
(And to be clear, I am not implying that medicine cannot be helpful at appropriate times, just that diagnosis does not automatically equal prescription and nothing else etc)
Also, the diagnosis of a condition does not, of itself, necessitate a pharmaceutical treatment path as almost all of those conditions are helped by behavioral intervention, CBT, etc. so it's simply a false dichotomy to posit drugs v. behavioral engagement.
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