Daily Archives: May 15, 2026

Paper 5: The Abuse of Equality: How “Equality” Can Become a Weapon Against Rightful Office, Discipline, Honor, and Order

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Thesis Equality is a true biblical good when it refers to the equal worth of persons made in the image of God and redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ; it becomes a weapon when it is pressed beyond that … Continue reading →

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Paper 4: Authority as Service, Not Possession: A Paper on Matthew 20:25–28, Luke 22:24–27, John 13, and 1 Peter 5

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Thesis Biblical authority is a stewardship, not a possession. Jesus Christ explicitly contrasted the pattern of authority among the Gentile rulers with the pattern among His own disciples: among the Gentiles authority is held as property and exercised as dominance; … Continue reading →

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Paper 3: Headship, Rank, and Representation: A Study of Headship in Family, Church, and Creation Order, Especially 1 Corinthians 11 and Ephesians 5

Posted on May 15, 2026 by nathanalbright

Thesis Headship in Scripture is a representative office grounded in the order of creation, exhibited paradigmatically by Jesus Christ over the church, and applied derivatively to the husband in the household and to the man in the worshiping assembly. Headship … Continue reading →

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Paper 2: Submission Without Inferiority: A Doctrinal Argument That Biblical Submission Is Relational and Vocational, Not a Verdict on Worth

Posted on May 15, 2026 by nathanalbright

Thesis Biblical submission is the willing placement of oneself under a rightful authority for the sake of an ordered relation or vocation, and it never functions in Scripture as a measure of personal worth. Worth is grounded in being made … Continue reading →

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Paper 1: Equal With God, Sent by the Father A Christological Foundation for the Doctrine of Structured Equality

Posted on May 15, 2026 by nathanalbright

Thesis The Son of God is fully and unalterably equal with the Father in nature, glory, and dominion, and the Son is at the same time truly sent by, obedient to, and the revealer of the Father. These two affirmations … Continue reading →

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