Category Archives: Bible

White Paper: How Churches and Other Businesses View Ex Parte Communications as a Priority (or Not)

Posted on November 28, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Ex parte communication—the act of one party communicating privately and unilaterally with a decision-maker about a matter under their authority—carries deep implications for fairness, transparency, and institutional legitimacy. While highly regulated in courts and administrative agencies, the priority … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Why Theonomists Are Often Hostile Toward to the Sabbath—A Study of Hermeneutical Tension and Ideological Priorities

Posted on November 26, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Classical theonomy argues that the Mosaic moral and civil law remains binding today unless explicitly rescinded in the New Testament. Logically, this would include the Fourth Commandment, the only command explicitly called a “sign” of the covenant and … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Due Process Deficits in Church of God Disciplinary Systems: Legitimacy Risks and Structural Reforms for Improved Outcomes

Posted on November 26, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Across the Church of God community—including Sabbatarian COG fellowships (UCG, COGWA, LCG, COG-7, and independent congregations)—disciplinary actions involving members or ministers often suffer from low perceived procedural fairness, even when leadership believes decisions are biblically or administratively justified. … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Planning and Development for a Faith-Based Remote Podcast Between a Mother and Son

Posted on November 25, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This white paper presents a comprehensive framework for creating, launching, and sustaining a faith-based podcast co-hosted by a mother and son who live far apart but connect remotely. The project sits at the intersection of devotional communication, intergenerational … Continue reading →

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The Book of Life, the Book of the Living, and the God of the Living: A Biblicist White Paper on the Interwoven Witness of Scripture

Posted on November 24, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The Scriptures present a unified theology of divine record-keeping, covenant identity, and eschatological belonging through the interrelated ideas of: The Book of Life (primarily Revelation; also Paul in Philippians), The Book of the Living (Psalm 69; Psalm 139; … Continue reading →

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A Biblicist White Paper on the Requirements of Baptism in the New Testament and Its Implications for the Contemporary Church

Posted on November 24, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This white paper examines the New Testament’s explicit and implicit requirements for Christian baptism, emphasizing a biblically controlled methodology rather than traditional, ecclesiastical, or systematic-theological frameworks. It distinguishes between antecedent conditions (what must be in place before one … Continue reading →

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Unilateral and Conditional Covenants in Scripture: A Biblicist White Paper on Their Nature, Structure, and Mode of Establishment

Posted on November 24, 2025 by nathanalbright

Introduction Covenant is one of the central architectures of biblical revelation. Scripture presents God’s relationship with humanity—not least with Israel and the Church—through covenantal forms that articulate promises, obligations, blessings, and curses. Yet not all covenants in the Bible operate … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Centralization of Power and Opportunity in Churches—Dynamics, Risks, and Strategies for Balanced Congregational Development

Posted on November 23, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary In many denominations and church networks—whether hierarchical, connectional, or loosely affiliated—there is a recurring tendency for power, opportunity, and membership to centralize in the “headquarters church,” “mother congregation,” or “home office congregation.” This dynamic mirrors national challenges in … Continue reading →

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A Biblicist White Paper: Distinguishing Job’s Eloquent Self-Defense from the False Accusations of His Friends and From the Charge of Self-Righteousness

Posted on November 23, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The Book of Job contains one of Scripture’s most intricate examinations of suffering, righteousness, and divine justice. Job’s speeches are often misunderstood as lapsing into self-righteousness, while the friends’ speeches are mischaracterized as orthodox defenses of divine justice. … Continue reading →

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The Human Nature of Christ and the Human Nature of Fallen Humanity: A Biblicist White Paper Contrasting Christ’s Humanity Without Sin and Our Humanity Under Sin

Posted on November 23, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This white paper examines—with a strictly biblicist methodology—the distinction between the human nature assumed by Jesus Christ in the Incarnation and the fallen human nature possessed by all descendants of Adam. Scripture affirms that Christ truly became human … Continue reading →

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