It’s a little awkward to write a blog entry like this lest it be taken as a cry for affirmation from my own church members. That is not the intention. However, I will not refuse any encouragement directed my way. ;) Tuesday morning, our church hosted a regular event that we call NCourage. It’s specifically [...]

Most of you know I’m an early adopter. Heck, I’m not just early, but I’m there in the delivery room, cheering on the birth of new techs, eager to cut the umbilical cord. (This is figurative because after my last literal experience doing that, I don’t think “eager” would describe my attitude…) However, I love [...]

I was looking through my writing folder on my computer where I keep ideas for blog entries or articles and came across one titled “Goals after death.” “What in the world possessed me to write such a thing?” I wondered. The entry was dated February 9, 2004, and for whatever reason, I must have heard [...]

Here’s the year-end video/Powerpoint from the 2000-2001 school year. UAM BCM Year End Video 2001 from Jeff Noble on Vimeo.

Kris Allen was named the 2009 American Idol winner tonight on Fox. Every female at our watch party went into immediate hysterics. The men’s responses (mine, Jeff Longing, Karl, and Taylor) were, of course, manly and subdued. Yet, we were all amazed that the Conway Kid had slipped underneath Simon’s radar to snatch the title [...]

Disappearance of Testimonies It’s hard to do collegiate ministry these days when the college students we’re attempting to minister with and to have never heard from anyone what it means to follow Jesus personally. Oh sure, they’ve heard tons of sermons, VBS lessons, youth devotionals, and Sunday School lessons. But the American church today is [...]

Uncompromised Faith: Overcoming Our Culturalized Christianity by S. Michael Craven It’s rare that I discover two really great books back to back (or cover to cover). However, that’s been the case with my last two reads. Tim Challies’ The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment“>The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment was a powerful challenge to the 21st century [...]

I didn’t know the Sonic guys could speak French… French Sonic Commercial from Jeff Noble on Vimeo.

You Get What You Expect Maybe the main reason we don’t see many churches producing dynamic young disciples for the Lord Jesus is because we just don’t expect much from our young people. I have found that people will generally rise or fall to our level of expectation from them. Let’s paint with big strokes [...]

The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment by Tim Challies Tim Challies has long been one of my favorite Christian bloggers. On top of being an excellent designer, he’s a great practical theologian. He’s not afraid to write lengthy, in-depth entries where most of the blog world has succumbed to short “sound-byte” type content in order to [...]

A piece of paper… and perhaps a damp Q-Tip. It works.

Every now and then we all get “hung up” in our prayer life. We are deeply thirsty for intimate communion with our Father, but our words seem like a helpless rehash of yesterday’s grocery list. We find ourselves repeating phrases that we have always voiced. We regretfully admit that our prayers are more pitiful than [...]

I rarely buy an iPhone app. However, qTweeter – available only to those of you with a jailbroken iPhone – is worth its salt. It enables a quick update to Twitter and Facebook from wherever you are in your iPhone. You don’t have to leave the app you’re currently using! In that sense, it’s much [...]

No Transition to Adulthood You would think that our churches would embrace their youth as their key strategy to impact the world of tomorrow for Christ. It would also ensure that they have a church of tomorrow. However, in the words of prominent theologian Rodney Dangerfield, they “don’t get no respect.” After all, when does [...]

I feel for those of you who are still on dial up internet. I do miss the quaint sound of a 56K modem, however. I told someone the other day that I want that for me ringtone. We’ve been on DSL for several years now, and it’s generally been dependable. Recently I was told that [...]