Category Archives: Bible

White Paper: Duties of Care — Who Bears Them, When, and Why It Matters

Posted on November 22, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Duties of care form the backbone of all responsible social, professional, and institutional conduct. They delineate when individuals or organizations must act prudently to prevent harm to others. Across legal systems, ethical theory, biblical moral reasoning, and organizational … Continue reading →

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White Paper: A Biblicist Perspective on Divine Calling, Human Weakness, and the Difficulty of Elite Conversion

Posted on November 22, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This white paper examines why, according to Scripture—and particularly 1 Corinthians 1:28–31—God typically calls those who lack elite status, social privilege, and worldly advantage. Drawing from both Old and New Testament patterns, as well as theological and sociological … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Literary Phenomenon of “Self-Discovery Through Abandonment”: A Biblicist Analysis of Modern Memoirs and Barely-Fictional Novels About Women Leaving Their Husbands

Posted on November 21, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Over the past several decades, a major subgenre of contemporary fiction and memoir has emerged in which a woman abandons her husband, marriage, or family responsibilities in order to “find herself,” pursue self-actualization, or discover an authentic identity … Continue reading →

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White Paper: A Biblicist Typology of Political Behavior Among the Patriarchs, Old Testament Prophets, and New Testament Figures

Posted on November 21, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This white paper presents a biblicist typology of political behavior as revealed in the lives of the patriarchs, Old Testament prophets, and New Testament figures. Rather than imposing external political theory, this analysis draws strictly from the canonical … Continue reading →

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A Biblicist Examination of the “Statutes of Omri”: Text, Theology, and Historical Implications

Posted on November 21, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The phrase “the statutes of Omri” (חֻקּוֹת עָמְרִי) appears only once in the Hebrew Bible, in Micah 6:16, but it encapsulates a broad set of theological, political, and covenantal concerns. Although the biblical text does not directly enumerate … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Failure of “Love and Truth” as a Strategy, and the Challenges of Defining and Modeling Them for Church Leadership

Posted on November 19, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Church leaders frequently appeal to “love” and “truth” as the core of Christian identity and ministry strategy. Yet in many ecclesial contexts, “love and truth” has functioned less as a strategic framework and more as an empty slogan—leading … Continue reading →

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White Paper: A Biblicist Framework for Justly Choosing What to Accommodate and What to Resist in Political Order

Posted on November 18, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Every political order must continually decide what pressures to accommodate and what forces to resist. Cultural change, economic demands, moral claims, and external threats all exert competing pressures. Modern governments often respond inconsistently—accommodating where they should resist and … Continue reading →

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A Biblicist White Paper on the Implications of Judah’s Kings Having Their Mothers Listed While Israel’s Kings Do Not

Posted on November 18, 2025 by nathanalbright

Abstract In the historical books of 1–2 Kings and 1–2 Chronicles, a striking editorial pattern appears: the kings of Judah are almost always introduced with the name of their mothers, while the kings of the northern kingdom of Israel are … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Portrayals of English-Based Pidgins and Creoles — Convergence, Confusion, and Cultural Erasure

Posted on November 17, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Across global contexts, English-based pidgins and creole languages arise from specific social, historical, and cultural conditions. Yet their portrayals—especially in written form—often collapse distinct languages into stereotyped spellings or caricatured “non-standard English.” This paper examines why readers sometimes … Continue reading →

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White Paper: A Biblicist Perspective on the Public-Health Approach of the Priests in Leviticus

Posted on November 16, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The book of Leviticus presents one of the earliest systematically codified public-health frameworks in human history. While not framed in modern epidemiological terms, its prescriptions concerning uncleanness, inspection, quarantine, environmental hygiene, bodily emissions, infectious skin conditions, mold remediation, … Continue reading →

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