Daily Archives: December 14, 2025

Rejoicing in the Birth of Jesus Christ Around the Feast of Trumpets: A Biblicist White Paper on Timing, Theology, and Liturgical Meaning

Posted on December 14, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This white paper argues that rejoicing in the birth of Jesus Christ in connection with the Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah) is biblically defensible, theologically coherent, and spiritually fruitful—particularly within a biblicist framework that prioritizes scriptural patterns over … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Curated Memory vs. Measured Success: What Bread’s Compilations Reveal About Popularity, Taste, and Soft-Rock Canon Formation

Posted on December 14, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Bread’s legacy is unusually shaped by compilation albums rather than by sustained attention to their original studio LPs. By comparing The Best of Bread (1973), a comprehensive view of Bread’s singles output, and later greatest-hits collections, this white … Continue reading →

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Egypt’s Repeated Efforts to Project Power into the Levant during the Third Intermediate Period (c. 1069–664 BCE): A Biblicist White Paper

Posted on December 14, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The Third Intermediate Period (TIP) marks Egypt’s transition from New Kingdom imperial dominance to a fractured landscape of Libyan dynasties, rival priesthoods, and regional strongmen. Modern historiography often emphasizes decline and disunity. The biblical record, however, fills in … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Stewardship Without Ownership: The Dangers of Informal Authority Capture in Outlying Congregations

Posted on December 14, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Outlying congregations often depend upon long-serving members who host, organize, fund, or sustain local gatherings. While such service is frequently sincere and indispensable, Scripture warns repeatedly of the spiritual and organizational dangers that arise when service hardens into … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Called or Self-Appointed?: Distinguishing God-Raised Leaders from Self-Selected Teachers in a Biblicist Framework

Posted on December 14, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Throughout biblical history, communities of faith have faced a persistent problem: the emergence of self-appointed leaders and teachers who claim divine authority without divine calling. Scripture repeatedly contrasts these figures with men whom God calls, forms, tests, and … Continue reading →

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White Paper: When Command Philosophy Fails at Scale: A Comparative Typology of Command Failure in High-Stakes Military Leadership

Posted on December 14, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This white paper develops a comparative typology of command failure, using Robert E. Lee’s vague order-giving as a central case study and placing it alongside analogous failures in commanders such as Napoleon (1812), McClellan, Rommel, MacArthur, and others. … Continue reading →

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