Monthly Archives: March 2014

Book Review: Crash The Chatterbox

Posted on March 22, 2014 by nathanalbright

Crash The Chatterbox: Hearing God’s Voice Above All Others, by Steven Furtick [Note: This book was provided free of charge by WaterBrook Multnomah Press in exchange for an honest review.] One of the surprises of this book is that although … Continue reading →

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The Modesto Manifesto And Me

Posted on March 21, 2014 by nathanalbright

In a book I read and reviewed today for one of the publishers who send me reading material [1], there was reference made to the “Modesto Manifesto” of Billy Graham and his associates who wished to avoid the common fate … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Mission Drift

Posted on March 21, 2014 by nathanalbright

Mission Drift: The Unspoken Crisis Facing Leaders, Charities, And Churches, by Peter Greer & Chris Horst with Anna Haggard. [Note: This book was provided free of charge by Bethany Press in exchange for an honest review.] This book qualifies as … Continue reading →

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Vanishing Act

Posted on March 20, 2014 by nathanalbright

In the 1780’s, in the years preceding the French Revolution, libels about the king and queen became immensely popular, and so influential that they still inform the views that we have of Marie Antoinette. In early 1900’s Russia, a blood … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Four Cups

Posted on March 20, 2014 by nathanalbright

Four Cups: God’s Timeless Promises For A Life Of Fulfillment, by Chris Hodges [This book was provided free of charge by Tyndale Publishers in exchange for an honest review.] By chance, when I was reading John Maxwell’s Leadership Gold [1], … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Leadership Gold

Posted on March 19, 2014 by nathanalbright

Leadership Gold: Lessons Learned from a Lifetime of Leading, by John C. Maxwell This book was given to me by a friend of mine who is very laconic and not the sort of person to explain himself, and so I … Continue reading →

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A Momentary Lapse Of Reason

Posted on March 19, 2014 by nathanalbright

In our lives, it may be tempting for us to reject the importance of those little moments where our destiny is often decided by choices made under deep pressure and in absence of the control that marks most of the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Cetaganda

Posted on March 18, 2014 by nathanalbright

Cetaganda, by Lois McMaster Bujold As the fifth novel [1] in the chronology of the Miles Vorkosigan series of adventures, I was curious to see where this novel would go in developing the universe that Bujold has constructed, where previous … Continue reading →

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Ghosts of the Taira: The Relationship Between The Wars of The Gempei and the Warrior Ghost Noh Dramas

Posted on March 18, 2014 by nathanalbright

[Note: Having read a book that recently greatly reminded me of Japanese culture today, I figured it would be time to post one of my essays that shows my interest in Japanese military history, drama, and culture that also serves … Continue reading →

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Few People Are Successful Unless A Lot Of People Want Them To Be

Posted on March 17, 2014 by nathanalbright

It is a common truism that there is no successful man that does not have a successful woman behind him. To be sure, this is not literally true, but this statement (however irritating it might be in some circumstances) does … Continue reading →

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