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Exploring The Contrast Between Yahweh And Elohim: Part One

Posted on February 23, 2025 by nathanalbright

[Note: The following is the prepared text for a sermon given to The Dalles congregation of the United Church of God on Sabbath, February 15, 2025.] Recently, when I closed my last sermon, I hinted at a mystery between two … Continue reading →

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And As His Custom Was, He Went Into The Synagogue On The Sabbath Day And Stood Up To Read: A Mini-Sermonette On Luke 4:16

Posted on February 9, 2025 by nathanalbright

[Note: The following is the prepared text for a Spokesman’s Club message given to the Portland, Oregon Spokesman’s Club on Sabbath, February 8, 2025.] Today I would like to give a mini-sermonette on a single verse that we are likely … Continue reading →

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Pondering Development Of The Four Corners Area At the Junction Of Hillsborough, Polk, Manatee, and Hardee Counties

Posted on January 30, 2025 by nathanalbright

I’m not sure how unusual I am for musing about such topics, but I spend a significant amount of my limited free time pondering issues of development. Here is one such example of my musings: First, regarding the intersection point … Continue reading →

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The Joy Of The Knife: The Romanticized Assassin In Western Culture

Posted on December 12, 2024 by nathanalbright

The cultural fascination with assassins in Western media represents a complex interplay between moral ambiguity, political power, and romantic idealization. This phenomenon emerges from historical accounts and evolves through literature, film, and modern entertainment, reflecting changing societal values and power … Continue reading →

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Book Review: American Rebels

Posted on October 4, 2024 by nathanalbright

American Rebels: How The Hancock, Adams, And Quincy Families Fanned The Flames Of Revolution, by Nina Sankovitch I am not sure if the author is trying to make a larger point that is relevant to our own days in looking … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Eat Well Live Well With Diabetes

Posted on July 25, 2024 by nathanalbright

Eat Well Live Well With Diabetes: Low-GI Recipes And Tips by Karen Kingham As someone who frequently looks at cookbooks to see how they handle different health conditions, I am still surprised by just how badly authors can mess up … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Vanished Kingdoms

Posted on July 6, 2024 by nathanalbright

Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise And Fall Of States And Nations, by Norman Davies This book operates a bit under a bait and switch principle, in that the chapter headings pick deliberately unfamiliar names (at least to Anglophone audiences) for kingdoms … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Languages Of The World

Posted on July 4, 2024 by nathanalbright

Languages Of The World: An Introduction, by Asya Pereltsvaig This book is generally a good one and unsurprisingly a pretty long one, and it seeks to introduce the reader to some of the immense diversity as well as unity within … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Second Founding

Posted on April 24, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Second Founding: How The Civil War And Reconstruction Remade The Constitution, by Eric Foner This book is a classic example of why someone cannot trust the reputation of contemporary historians when they seek to write history with an eye … Continue reading →

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Implausible Deniability

Posted on April 19, 2024 by nathanalbright

From time to time it is important to remember that denial is not only a river that runs through Egypt, but a river that potentially runs through every human heart and mind. Such is the case, it would appear, with … Continue reading →

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