Disruptive Witness
by Alan Noble | Book Summary
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Author: Alan Noble
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Wilbourne presents the doctrine of union with Christ in a way that is both applicable and accessible to readers from various walks of life. Rather than presenting union with Christ as some "pie in the sky" mystical set of practices only found and mastered by an elite group of Christians, Wilbourne shows both the reality and necessity of union with Christ in the lives of all believers. Written to help churches in need, Wilbourne presents a much-needed introduction to union with Christ. |
Alan Noble is assistant professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University. His PhD is from Baylor University. He attends Shawnee Presbyterian Church.
Alan co-founded Christ and Pop Culture in 2007 and became editor-in-chief in 2014. He has written extensively for both secular publications such as The Atlantic, Vox, and BuzzFeed, as well as Christian publications such as Christianity Today, Modern Reformation, and First Things.
Disruptive Witness was Noble's first book. His more recent, You Are Not Your Own, was published in 2021.
Disruptive Witness
by Alan Noble
[ Book Summary ]
| Author | Alan Noble |
| Publisher | IVP |
| Date | 17 July 2018 |
| Pages | 200 |
Overview:
Our world has never been more distracted. Habits and practices feed our addiction to the superficially interesting. We are continually buffered from deeper self-reflection and engagement with life and not pointed beyond the immediate toward our transcendent God.
Attention-grabbing communication pushes us into a flighty mindset, moving from one idea to another, and reducing ideas to the same level of superficial diversion; whether a conversation about God to the latest cat video. Coupled to this is a secular mindset, insisting that meaning and identity are derived inwardly. The individual has become the final and only arbiter of meaning, left to construct their identity from a variety of ideas and beliefs.
Faith, therefore, becomes one among many options for identity construction. For Christians communicating our faith in Christ, this distracted, secular age has erected enormous barriers. In response, we need careful thought. The gospel of Jesus is inherently disruptive. The good soil in which the seed will grow is plowed to receive it. Our personal, corporate, and cultural practices can become a disruptive plow, pointing toward the transcendent One in whom all longings finally are met.
Alan Noble is assistant professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University. His PhD is from Baylor University. He attends Shawnee Presbyterian Church.
Alan co-founded Christ and Pop Culture in 2007 and became editor-in-chief in 2014. He has written extensively for both secular publications such as The Atlantic, Vox, and BuzzFeed, as well as Christian publications such as Christianity Today, Modern Reformation, and First Things.
Disruptive Witness was Noble's first book. His more recent, You Are Not Your Own, was published in 2021.