Category Archives: Satan’s House Divided

On Resurrections

Posted on October 13, 2012 by nathanalbright

One of the distinctive doctrines of the Church of God is the doctrine of the resurrections. The Bible is clear that there are two resurrections, the resurrection of the just and the resurrection of the unjust. And yet many of … Continue reading →

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Pardon Me

Posted on September 29, 2012 by nathanalbright

Currently a trial is going on in the Vatican City that makes a mockery of justice [1]. A foolishly idealistic former Butler of the pope was charged with leaking correspondence to wikileaks, a crime that he is probably guilty of, … Continue reading →

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A Refracted Mirror: Consensus Building In Autocratic Regimes

Posted on September 27, 2011 by nathanalbright

I have long been a student of autocracy and its workings, as my passionate commitment to egalitarian practices has made me a recognized and determined enemy of tyranny from my youth. Today a conversation about Saudi Arabia prompted me to … Continue reading →

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On The Appeal Of Gnosticism

Posted on August 28, 2011 by nathanalbright

No one ever says that they are gnostic. Nonetheless, gnosticism has been a problem largely from the beginning of Christianity and has remained a problem throughout, largely because gnosticism is Satan’s classic tool for combating the (difficult) truths of Christianity. … Continue reading →

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The Ambiguity of Symbols

Posted on August 22, 2011 by nathanalbright

While I was biking around Mae Sa Luang on the way to the farm today, I absent-mindedly pondered the ambiguity of symbols and how what are often considered to be symbols of slavery by “enlightened” elements of our society end … Continue reading →

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The Substance And The Shadow

Posted on July 19, 2011 by nathanalbright

Colossians 2:16-17 is one of those examples of deep and often confusing Pauline thought that tends to be greatly abused, as are the rest of the scriptures, by those possessed of a gnostic bias. A comparison of two different translations … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Aung San Of Burma

Posted on July 3, 2011 by nathanalbright

Aung San of Burma, by Aung San Sun Kyi Well, at least you can say that this book is honest. Aung San Suu Kyi, the famed Novel Prize-winning heroine of Democracy in Burma, wrote this short biography about her father … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Lions

Posted on July 2, 2011 by nathanalbright

Let me begin by telling you all a story. There was once a council of animals, where rabbits and deer, forest animals of all kinds, rubbed elbows with lions and tigers, and the animals demanded equality, that all animals be … Continue reading →

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This Side of Paradise

Posted on June 26, 2011 by nathanalbright

Bryan Adams is one of my favorite musicians (if not my favorite), a future subject of a blog entry about his longtime snub from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and a Canadian Rock & Roll musician who has … Continue reading →

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A Pox On Both Of Your Houses

Posted on June 22, 2011 by nathanalbright

It is frustrating for me when I hear those people who should be viewing politics from the perspective of God’s laws instead have a faulty dualistic view that comes straight from post-Enlightenment Europe and expresses the “Satan’s House Divided” view … Continue reading →

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