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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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White Paper: Social and Physical Consequences of Cutoff Date Effects in the Educational Environment

Posted on December 7, 2025 by nathanalbright

Children born a few days apart can end up a full year apart in school. This white paper looks at what that does to their social and physical outcomes in public schooling—and why the same dynamic is much weaker or … Continue reading →

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Revolutionary Regimes and the Tampering with Weekends: France in the 1790s and the Soviet Union

Posted on July 15, 2025 by nathanalbright

Revolutionary regimes have often attempted to remake not only the political and social institutions of the societies they inherit, but also the rhythms of everyday life — including the calendar and the week itself. The reordering of time, particularly the … Continue reading →

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Writing The Quiet Part Out Loud

Posted on April 3, 2022 by nathanalbright

One of the split sermons we had at services yesterday was one that struck me as particularly interesting in its approach because it indicated something I have long tended to find as a worthwhile approach to research, and that is … Continue reading →

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A Law That Everybody Breaks

Posted on October 24, 2021 by nathanalbright

[Note: This is the prepared text for a sermonette given to the United Church of God congregation in Portland on Sabbath, October 23, 2021.] Today, I am going to talk about a law in the Bible that everyone breaks. In … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day In The Bible

Posted on May 9, 2021 by nathanalbright

For a variety of reasons, including the random way that speaking schedules work, I often end up being the instructor for either mother’s day or father’s day and such was the case today. One of the challenges of talking about … Continue reading →

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Booklet Review: Daniel’s 490 Year Prophecy

Posted on February 11, 2021 by nathanalbright

Daniel’s 490 Year Prophecy Predicts The Very Day Of Christ’s Death, by Ralph Lyman [Note: This book was provided free of charge by the author in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts about the book are my own.] This … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Because It’s Over

Posted on January 1, 2021 by nathanalbright

All evening today I have seen and heard fireworks as people celebrate the end of 2020. The odds are good that this will continue for some time, for even if it is not the best kind of night, the skies … Continue reading →

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An Ordinary Year

Posted on December 26, 2020 by nathanalbright

One of the more interesting aspects of this year, at least from what others say, is that there is a big hurry on the part for people to see 2020 as over. Whether I am listening to people who judge … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Bad Catholic’s Guide To Good Living

Posted on July 7, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Bad Catholic’s Guide To Good Living:  A Loving Look At The Lighter Side Of The Catholic Faith, With Recipes For Feasts And Fun, by John Zmirak & Denise Matychowiak Like the other books in this series [1], this is … Continue reading →

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