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You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World

You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World

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  • Create Date：2021-09-17 03:19:16
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
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  • Author：Alan Noble
  • ISBN：0830847820
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Reviews

Scott Carter ，

You Are Not Your Own is a truly excellent book。 The first half is devoted to describing and labeling our reality; our culture teaches you belong to yourself and society attempts to provide everything we think we need。 Yet， society fails and we self-medicate， or cope， in many ways。 Noble then turns the readers attention to the glorious truth as confessed: I belong， both body and soul， to Jesus！ Even in the chapter "What Can We Do？" I was encouraged by the current of grace coursing throughout。 I h You Are Not Your Own is a truly excellent book。 The first half is devoted to describing and labeling our reality; our culture teaches you belong to yourself and society attempts to provide everything we think we need。 Yet， society fails and we self-medicate， or cope， in many ways。 Noble then turns the readers attention to the glorious truth as confessed: I belong， both body and soul， to Jesus！ Even in the chapter "What Can We Do？" I was encouraged by the current of grace coursing throughout。 I highly recommend this book。 I will certainly be revisiting it。I received a complimentary digital copy of this book from the publisher through Netgalley for review purposes。 Comments are my own。 。。。more

Dave Hallahan ，

In “You Are Not Your Own”， Alan Noble pulls back the curtain on the widely accepted assumption that you are your own， and you belong to yourself。 With a compassionate honesty， Noble doesn’t simply identify a problem but shines a spotlight into all corners of our culture to show just how pervasive the problem has become。 We have demanded an absolute freedom， built an inhuman society that provides us all of the options all of the time， and then improved upon our coping strategies to help us deal w In “You Are Not Your Own”， Alan Noble pulls back the curtain on the widely accepted assumption that you are your own， and you belong to yourself。 With a compassionate honesty， Noble doesn’t simply identify a problem but shines a spotlight into all corners of our culture to show just how pervasive the problem has become。 We have demanded an absolute freedom， built an inhuman society that provides us all of the options all of the time， and then improved upon our coping strategies to help us deal with the overwhelming burden of belonging to ourselves。 This interwoven system works to dehumanize us and drive us deeper into the problem。 And if the masses are right， you are your only hope of escaping。 But as Noble says， “Thank God we are not our own。” Just as compassionately and honestly as he lays out the problem， Noble shows us both the freedoms and the obligations that come with the solution - belonging to Christ。 This book is a work needed for our times。 The world needs a church that is willing to “wait without hope” and “seek the good of the city” while resisting the pull of the city。 。。。more

Matthew Welborn ，

I haven’t read it yet。 The five stars are for the author。

Alan Noble ，

This book is clearly written by Alan Noble except for the quotes which he typed so that kind of counts。 Anyone who likes reading books like this by Alan Noble will like or love this book。 I was inspired by the author's ability to write a book， given that he is bald。 Very inspiring。 This book is clearly written by Alan Noble except for the quotes which he typed so that kind of counts。 Anyone who likes reading books like this by Alan Noble will like or love this book。 I was inspired by the author's ability to write a book， given that he is bald。 Very inspiring。 。。。more