Monthly Archives: February 2012

Attack Speeches

Posted on February 4, 2012 by nathanalbright

The second year students here at Legacy Institute are following the Spokesman’s Club speech manual (with humorous drawings, which the students enjoy, from Basil Wolverton), and tonight they gave their attack speeches. Despite giving them plenty of practice in seeing … Continue reading →

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Psalm 137: Rivers Of Babylon

Posted on February 4, 2012 by nathanalbright

Thanks to the “band” Boney M, Psalm 137 may be one of the best known psalms in pop music. It seems somewhat ironic that Boney M, a group of mostly Jamaicans who fronted a band run by a German producer … Continue reading →

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Mali’s Free Radical Problem

Posted on February 3, 2012 by nathanalbright

In a previous post on the subject of Libya’s lack of cohesion [1], I warned that the breakup of Libya would threaten neighboring nations with problems due to the “free radical” nature of the Tuareg problem in those nations. Even … Continue reading →

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Somaliland Update: The Space Between

Posted on February 3, 2012 by nathanalbright

In today’s Somaliland update I would like to examine the space between the business climate within Somaliland (and its neighbors) and the perspective of the world on those areas. We have a helpful guide into this problem through the eyes … Continue reading →

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Deuteronomy 4:5-9: The Evangelistic Mission Of Israel

Posted on February 2, 2012 by nathanalbright

Many people think of Christianity as a particularly evangelistic religion based on the Great Commission (see Matthew 28:18-20, for example) or the passion of the Apostle Paul for preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God to the Gentiles. This … Continue reading →

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Pay Day

Posted on February 2, 2012 by nathanalbright

I found it curious that less than a week after writing a fairly strongly worded condemnation of the practice of withholding wages (which is biblically considered a form of theft) [1], that both my real life stipend, which I use … Continue reading →

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Between The Second Zollverein And The Fourth Reich

Posted on February 1, 2012 by nathanalbright

I have commented before on the model of German unification provided by Otto von Bismarck [1]. To put it briefly again, the model that Germany has traditionally followed is unification first through trade, then followed up by the sword when … Continue reading →

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Not Worthy: An Examination Of The Relationship Between Love, Grace, and Works

Posted on February 1, 2012 by nathanalbright

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I do not have the time to make this a short post, so I will make this a long one. Since coming to Thailand I have seen a personally new angle on an old problem that … Continue reading →

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