Daily Archives: December 28, 2025

White Paper: Irony at the Edge: A Typology of Ironic Ages and Their Relationship to Civilizational Crisis

Posted on December 28, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Periods that elevate irony, ambiguity, and complexity to cultural ideals often coincide with moments of advanced institutional strain. This paper proposes a typology of “ironic ages”—historical phases in which societies celebrate detachment, layered meaning, and skepticism toward moral … Continue reading →

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White Paper: From Sincerity to Irony: When, How, and Why Criticism Came to Distrust Emotional Openness—and What This Shift Is Not

Posted on December 28, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Over the past century and a half, Western critical culture has undergone a marked transformation: emotional sincerity and openness, once regarded as indicators of moral seriousness and artistic authenticity, came to be viewed with suspicion, while irony, ambiguity, … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Sound Rhetoric in Sermonettes: Why Clarity and Economy Are Governing Virtues in This Genre of Speech

Posted on December 28, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Sermonettes occupy a unique rhetorical space within the life of the church. They are neither full sermons nor casual remarks, but compressed acts of instruction, exhortation, and framing delivered under strict time constraints and high expectations of doctrinal … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Bride of Christ and the Saints Before the New Covenant: A Biblicist Examination of Covenant Identity, Eschatology, and Scriptural Language

Posted on December 28, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This white paper examines whether Scripture identifies believers called before the inauguration of the New Covenant—that is, the faithful of the Hebrew Scriptures—as part of the Bride of Christ, or whether that identity is reserved for those called … Continue reading →

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