Category Archives: Biblical History

White Paper: The Mothers of the Kings of Judah: A Biblicist Examination of Maternal Backgrounds, Status, and Theological Significance

Posted on December 15, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The biblical record of the kings of Judah is unique among ancient Near Eastern royal annals in its consistent naming of the king’s mother (Hebrew: ’ēm hammélek). Far from being incidental genealogical detail, this pattern signals theological, moral, … Continue reading →

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Rejoicing in the Birth of Jesus Christ Around the Feast of Trumpets: A Biblicist White Paper on Timing, Theology, and Liturgical Meaning

Posted on December 14, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This white paper argues that rejoicing in the birth of Jesus Christ in connection with the Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah) is biblically defensible, theologically coherent, and spiritually fruitful—particularly within a biblicist framework that prioritizes scriptural patterns over … Continue reading →

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Egypt’s Repeated Efforts to Project Power into the Levant during the Third Intermediate Period (c. 1069–664 BCE): A Biblicist White Paper

Posted on December 14, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The Third Intermediate Period (TIP) marks Egypt’s transition from New Kingdom imperial dominance to a fractured landscape of Libyan dynasties, rival priesthoods, and regional strongmen. Modern historiography often emphasizes decline and disunity. The biblical record, however, fills in … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Biblicist Grounds for Re-Baptism When Conversion Occurs After an Earlier Baptism

Posted on December 8, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This white paper examines whether Scripture provides grounds for a Christian to be re-baptized if he or she believes true conversion took place after a prior baptism. A strictly biblicist approach reveals that Scripture neither trivializes baptism nor … Continue reading →

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Before Me:  Living In The Presence of God

Posted on December 7, 2025 by nathanalbright

[Note:  The following is the prepared notes for a sermon given to the Dalles, Oregon congregation on Sabbath, December 6, 2025.] Introduction: The Depth of Hebrew Words and the Challenge of Translation The Hebrew Scriptures are composed in a language … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Multi-Level Marketing in the Bible? A Biblicist Examination of Claims, Parallels, and Ethical Evaluation

Posted on December 7, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Claims circulate in popular Christian teaching that “MLMs are described in the Bible” or even that “the early church functioned like an MLM.” These claims are typically made to legitimize a modern business model by analogy with perceived … Continue reading →

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Hur in the Exodus Narrative: A Biblicist White Paper on His Role, Identity, and Notable Absence After the Golden Calf

Posted on November 30, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Hur appears only a handful of times in the biblical text, yet he is placed beside Moses and Aaron at key moments in Israel’s early wilderness history. He functions as a stabilizing elder, a supporter of Moses’ God-ordained … 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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