Andrew Noble
@andrewnoble.bsky.social
Christian in Kitchener. PhD student at the University of Nottingham. Theology and Technology. Host of What Would Jesus Tech.
What we imagine most is what we image best. To navigate technology wisely, we must know Jesus.
November 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
What we imagine most is what we image best. To navigate technology wisely, we must know Jesus.
Read enough Wendell Berry, and you might reject AI for the sake of nature.
Read enough Jacques Ellul, and you might reject AI for the sake of telos.
Or at least that’s how it seems to happen. The truth is much more complicated.
I wrote about that here:
www.andrewnoble.net/p/whats-your...
Read enough Jacques Ellul, and you might reject AI for the sake of telos.
Or at least that’s how it seems to happen. The truth is much more complicated.
I wrote about that here:
www.andrewnoble.net/p/whats-your...
The Side Syndrome: Why We Can't Think Clearly About AI
Read enough Wendell Berry, and you might reject AI for the sake of nature.
www.andrewnoble.net
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Read enough Wendell Berry, and you might reject AI for the sake of nature.
Read enough Jacques Ellul, and you might reject AI for the sake of telos.
Or at least that’s how it seems to happen. The truth is much more complicated.
I wrote about that here:
www.andrewnoble.net/p/whats-your...
Read enough Jacques Ellul, and you might reject AI for the sake of telos.
Or at least that’s how it seems to happen. The truth is much more complicated.
I wrote about that here:
www.andrewnoble.net/p/whats-your...
A "religionless" human is a mere construct, as thin and vacuous an abstraction as the "natural man" of Rousseau and the adherents of the social contract.
In reality it never existed.
- Herman Bavinck
In reality it never existed.
- Herman Bavinck
October 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A "religionless" human is a mere construct, as thin and vacuous an abstraction as the "natural man" of Rousseau and the adherents of the social contract.
In reality it never existed.
- Herman Bavinck
In reality it never existed.
- Herman Bavinck
Idols must be named, understood, and demythologized as part of Christian formation.
October 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Idols must be named, understood, and demythologized as part of Christian formation.
Technology is not just something that mediates between our mental intentions and the physical world about us, technology gets inside our heads and affects the very way in which we conceive our reality.
- George Pattison
- George Pattison
October 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Technology is not just something that mediates between our mental intentions and the physical world about us, technology gets inside our heads and affects the very way in which we conceive our reality.
- George Pattison
- George Pattison
Reposted by Andrew Noble
"Screens can be like a Swiss Army knife at a meal. The extra features distract from what’s important." @andrewnoble.bsky.social
ca.thegospelcoalition.org/article/phys...
ca.thegospelcoalition.org/article/phys...
Physical Bibles Are Homemade Apple Pie
A bit embarrassingly, we have two kinds of pew Bibles at our church. I didn’t realize this until one of our preachers began telling us which page numbers to turn...
ca.thegospelcoalition.org
September 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"Screens can be like a Swiss Army knife at a meal. The extra features distract from what’s important." @andrewnoble.bsky.social
ca.thegospelcoalition.org/article/phys...
ca.thegospelcoalition.org/article/phys...
Every physical substance contains a spiritual reality.
September 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Every physical substance contains a spiritual reality.
It is only in Christ that we know what it is to be human.
- Herman Bavinck
- Herman Bavinck
September 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It is only in Christ that we know what it is to be human.
- Herman Bavinck
- Herman Bavinck
Modern people have no moral ideal, no example; they are only infatuated with progress toward a misty ideal. They are, therefore, restless, empty, without authority, disconnected, and emancipated.
- Herman Bavinck in the early 1900s
- Herman Bavinck in the early 1900s
September 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Modern people have no moral ideal, no example; they are only infatuated with progress toward a misty ideal. They are, therefore, restless, empty, without authority, disconnected, and emancipated.
- Herman Bavinck in the early 1900s
- Herman Bavinck in the early 1900s
It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
for he gives to his beloved sheep.
- God
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
for he gives to his beloved sheep.
- God
September 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
for he gives to his beloved sheep.
- God
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
for he gives to his beloved sheep.
- God
Top 7 biblical themes to teach on technology:
1) idol / identity / image
2) creation / cultural mandate / new creation
3) exile / Babylon
4) shame / clothes / ark / imputation
5) possessions / ownership / money
6) relationship / church / love
7) virtue / Spirit / fruit
1) idol / identity / image
2) creation / cultural mandate / new creation
3) exile / Babylon
4) shame / clothes / ark / imputation
5) possessions / ownership / money
6) relationship / church / love
7) virtue / Spirit / fruit
September 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Top 7 biblical themes to teach on technology:
1) idol / identity / image
2) creation / cultural mandate / new creation
3) exile / Babylon
4) shame / clothes / ark / imputation
5) possessions / ownership / money
6) relationship / church / love
7) virtue / Spirit / fruit
1) idol / identity / image
2) creation / cultural mandate / new creation
3) exile / Babylon
4) shame / clothes / ark / imputation
5) possessions / ownership / money
6) relationship / church / love
7) virtue / Spirit / fruit
Would we have gotten C.S. Lewis’ enchantment without Barfield’s participation?
September 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Would we have gotten C.S. Lewis’ enchantment without Barfield’s participation?
Theology podcasts I enjoy:
- Into Theology
- London Lyceum
- Mere Fidelity
- Grace in Common
- Thinking About The Faith (I cohost this one with Jon Cleland)
- Into Theology
- London Lyceum
- Mere Fidelity
- Grace in Common
- Thinking About The Faith (I cohost this one with Jon Cleland)
August 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Theology podcasts I enjoy:
- Into Theology
- London Lyceum
- Mere Fidelity
- Grace in Common
- Thinking About The Faith (I cohost this one with Jon Cleland)
- Into Theology
- London Lyceum
- Mere Fidelity
- Grace in Common
- Thinking About The Faith (I cohost this one with Jon Cleland)
A story in two images.
August 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
A story in two images.
All of modernity's problems stem from man's inability to admit he is not his own.
August 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
All of modernity's problems stem from man's inability to admit he is not his own.
Love is best understood not merely as an act of will, in contrast to the act of the intellect, but rather as an ontological unity, within which we properly will and understand.
- D.C. Schindler
- D.C. Schindler
August 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Love is best understood not merely as an act of will, in contrast to the act of the intellect, but rather as an ontological unity, within which we properly will and understand.
- D.C. Schindler
- D.C. Schindler
Sympathy/empathy in Calvin.
August 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Sympathy/empathy in Calvin.
Knowing “technology” for what it is requires the recognition of what has been lost politically and ethically.
- George Grant
- George Grant
July 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Knowing “technology” for what it is requires the recognition of what has been lost politically and ethically.
- George Grant
- George Grant
Three kinds of Christians who aren’t ready for AI.
Those who lean too much on:
1) Pragmatics
2) Passivity
3) Pontification
Who is ready? The ones who are strong in prudence and purpose. They will thrive while the rest stumble.
Those who lean too much on:
1) Pragmatics
2) Passivity
3) Pontification
Who is ready? The ones who are strong in prudence and purpose. They will thrive while the rest stumble.
June 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Three kinds of Christians who aren’t ready for AI.
Those who lean too much on:
1) Pragmatics
2) Passivity
3) Pontification
Who is ready? The ones who are strong in prudence and purpose. They will thrive while the rest stumble.
Those who lean too much on:
1) Pragmatics
2) Passivity
3) Pontification
Who is ready? The ones who are strong in prudence and purpose. They will thrive while the rest stumble.
Reposted by Andrew Noble
Seeing younger Christians think like this makes my heart sing!
“It is better for a pastor to be present w/ his people and to preach a text w/o elegance or extensive research than for a corner-cutting pastor to rely on technology.” @andrewnoble.bsky.social
ca.thegospelcoalition.org/article/your...
“It is better for a pastor to be present w/ his people and to preach a text w/o elegance or extensive research than for a corner-cutting pastor to rely on technology.” @andrewnoble.bsky.social
ca.thegospelcoalition.org/article/your...
Your Sermon Doesn’t Need AI
We need to ask more than, “How might this save me time?” Ultimately, a pastor must ask himself and his elders: Is my use of GenAI ethical?
ca.thegospelcoalition.org
June 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Seeing younger Christians think like this makes my heart sing!
“It is better for a pastor to be present w/ his people and to preach a text w/o elegance or extensive research than for a corner-cutting pastor to rely on technology.” @andrewnoble.bsky.social
ca.thegospelcoalition.org/article/your...
“It is better for a pastor to be present w/ his people and to preach a text w/o elegance or extensive research than for a corner-cutting pastor to rely on technology.” @andrewnoble.bsky.social
ca.thegospelcoalition.org/article/your...
Reposted by Andrew Noble
Let us Christians, therefore, give thanks to the Lord our God — not to heaven and earth, as Cicero argues, but to the One who made heaven and earth.
- Augustine
- Augustine
June 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Let us Christians, therefore, give thanks to the Lord our God — not to heaven and earth, as Cicero argues, but to the One who made heaven and earth.
- Augustine
- Augustine
I’ve read or skimmed around 5 or so books on AI.
When they talk about AI in HR, they struggle. They cherry pick data, exaggerate data, and either make AI seem better or worse than it actually is.
I sometimes wonder if AI is so vast a field that “experts” should speak more narrowly.
When they talk about AI in HR, they struggle. They cherry pick data, exaggerate data, and either make AI seem better or worse than it actually is.
I sometimes wonder if AI is so vast a field that “experts” should speak more narrowly.
April 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I’ve read or skimmed around 5 or so books on AI.
When they talk about AI in HR, they struggle. They cherry pick data, exaggerate data, and either make AI seem better or worse than it actually is.
I sometimes wonder if AI is so vast a field that “experts” should speak more narrowly.
When they talk about AI in HR, they struggle. They cherry pick data, exaggerate data, and either make AI seem better or worse than it actually is.
I sometimes wonder if AI is so vast a field that “experts” should speak more narrowly.
We nurture what we love, and we love what we nurture.
- Sherry Turkle
- Sherry Turkle
April 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We nurture what we love, and we love what we nurture.
- Sherry Turkle
- Sherry Turkle
Reposted by Andrew Noble
If you regard evangelism as the primary and/or foremost function of the church, then things like “virtual reality church” seem plausible. Too often, spiritualized pragmatism, rather than biblical ecclesiology, drive decisions as to what ought to be done and how.
April 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If you regard evangelism as the primary and/or foremost function of the church, then things like “virtual reality church” seem plausible. Too often, spiritualized pragmatism, rather than biblical ecclesiology, drive decisions as to what ought to be done and how.