Monthly Archives: June 2011

Psalms 14 and 53: The Fool Has Said In His Heart

Posted on June 25, 2011 by nathanalbright

Notwithstanding some serious biblical warnings about the dangers of calling someone a fool (see Matthew 5:21-22 [1]), I have long been fascinated by the message of Psalms 14 and 53. After all, the psalms both start with a bang, saying … Continue reading →

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A Time of Crises

Posted on June 24, 2011 by nathanalbright

There are some times and some generations that seem to be times of crisis and trouble all the world over. In the year 1848, there were revolutions in France, Germany, Italy, and Austria Hungary that threatened to overturn leadership. The … Continue reading →

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A Game of Chess

Posted on June 24, 2011 by nathanalbright

The game of chess is shrouded in mysterious origins. The game combines elements common to Persian Indian, and Chinese games, and its origins seem to come from the Pathan Empire, which reigned for several hundred years in what is now … Continue reading →

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Keeping In Touch

Posted on June 23, 2011 by nathanalbright

So far in my life I have had difficulties keeping in touch. I am very good at responding to messages that are sent to me (unless I deliberately choose to ignore them), but I have struggled with sending messages to … Continue reading →

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A Pox On Both Of Your Houses

Posted on June 22, 2011 by nathanalbright

It is frustrating for me when I hear those people who should be viewing politics from the perspective of God’s laws instead have a faulty dualistic view that comes straight from post-Enlightenment Europe and expresses the “Satan’s House Divided” view … Continue reading →

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A Case For Solomonic Authorship of Ecclesiastes, Part Three

Posted on June 22, 2011 by nathanalbright

For the first two parts of this examination, please see the following links: [1] [2]. Having examined a case for Solomonic authorship via internal evidence from Ecclesiastes in the first two parts of Ecclesiastes in two previous posts, let us … Continue reading →

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Finding Noah’s Ark

Posted on June 21, 2011 by nathanalbright

Today in my class on Old Testament History I covered mankind to the flood. It is always difficult to know what material a class will find fascinating, but this year’s class of student was hugely interested in Noah’s ark. I’m … Continue reading →

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A Case For Solomonic Authorship of Ecclesiastes, Part Two

Posted on June 21, 2011 by nathanalbright

Previously, we looked at some arguments from internal evidence in the first part of Ecclesiastes for Solomon’s authorship of Ecclesiastes [1]. Let us now do the same for the middle part of Ecclesiastes, to give more indication that it was … Continue reading →

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A Case For Solomonic Authorship of Ecclesiastes

Posted on June 20, 2011 by nathanalbright

The traditional view of the authorship of Ecclesiastes is that Solomon wrote it at the end of his life, reflecting on his life and mistakes and coming to a conclusion that obedience to God is the duty and obligation of … Continue reading →

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Famous Last Words

Posted on June 20, 2011 by nathanalbright

This morning, before going off on a trip to Mae Rim (note to self: the dollar isn’t holding its value very well against the baht, and Monday is a bad morning to buy bread), I was working on my lecture … Continue reading →

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