Category Archives: Love & Marriage

Book Review: The Husband Hunters

Posted on March 27, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Husband Hunters: American Heiresses Who Married Into The British Aristocracy, by Anne De Courcy Many readers of this book–and probably the ideal readers of this book–will enter this work familiar with and fond of such books as Edith Wharton’s … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Temporary Bride

Posted on February 21, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Temporary Bride: A Memoir Of Love And Food In Iran, by Jennifer Klinec To the credit of the author, this book does not whitewash her or her husband (spoiler alert) and make them more appealing as people or make … Continue reading →

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On Emphasizing Fatherhood

Posted on August 25, 2023 by nathanalbright

As is sometimes the case, I spent some time this evening helping a dear friend of mine work on writing an answer that was provided in her essay writing study relating to the subject of fatherhood that she had a … Continue reading →

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And The Spirit And The Bride Say, Come

Posted on May 24, 2023 by nathanalbright

Earlier this evening, as I write this, I received a question from a friend of mine who belongs to a Church of God in her native New Zealand. She had an interaction with a couple of people who belong to … Continue reading →

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Unity And Division Without Limit

Posted on March 9, 2023 by nathanalbright

There is no nation, no matter how large, that does not have at least some desire to make itself larger through some form of union with others, and there is no community of people, no matter how small, that does … Continue reading →

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Below Are The Words Of Mine, Not God

Posted on February 26, 2023 by nathanalbright

One of the unfortunate but inevitable consequences of being a public intellectual, especially in the context of the Church of God, is that one is the occasional recipient of messages from cranks who conflate their own human reasoning with the … Continue reading →

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What Interest Does Government Have In Regulating Marriage?

Posted on February 5, 2023 by nathanalbright

Earlier today I was asked about the definition of marriage, and not being someone who is or has ever been married, I wondered about what qualifications I possess that would make someone want to know my thoughts on its definition … Continue reading →

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Representation In The Writings Of Paul: Part Three

Posted on September 1, 2022 by nathanalbright

[Note: The previous parts of this series may be found here and here.] Having examined, at least briefly, the way that Paul uses representation when it comes to matters of ethnicity and political identity, it is worthwhile to ponder the … Continue reading →

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Representation In The Writings Of Paul: Part One

Posted on August 30, 2022 by nathanalbright

Yesterday, as I write this, I had a conversation with a deacon from a nearby congregation whom I happen to know fairly well who was talking about a paper he was working on concerning the contentious issue of women’s roles … Continue reading →

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Love Sweet Love, Or, On The Fallacy Of The False Dilemma

Posted on December 16, 2021 by nathanalbright

There are a great many cases where a discussion of the Bible and of its contents leads people to engage in false dilemmas that seek to pit some aspect of biblical virtue against another. There is the persistent attempt of … Continue reading →

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