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Toward a Faithful Fragmentology: Synthesis and Recommendations

Posted on April 26, 2026 by nathanalbright

Introduction The eight papers preceding this one have moved from foundations to method, from method to specific corpora, and from those corpora to the practical chain by which fragmentary evidence reaches the church. The work has been cumulative. Each paper … Continue reading →

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No Private Origin: Peter’s Warning on the Source and Interpretation of Scripture: A Biblicist White Paper

Posted on April 11, 2026 by nathanalbright

I. Introduction and Text The passage under examination is 2 Peter 1:19–21, which reads: “We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark … Continue reading →

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Stewardship of Gifts or Cultivation of Loyalists: Institutional Favoritism, Ephesians 4, and the Opportunity Costs of Constrained Leadership Development in the Local Church: A White Paper on Gift-Based Ministry, Organizational Loyalty, and the Ecclesiological Imperative of Broad Capacity Building

Posted on April 8, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract Every institution that depends on human talent faces the perennial temptation to invest developmental resources in those perceived as organizationally loyal rather than those who demonstrate the highest capacity for growth and contribution. Religious institutions — churches in particular … Continue reading →

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Theological Appendix: Imago Dei, Moral Differentiation, and the Refusal of Ontological Expulsion: A Scriptural and Doctrinal Framework for Maintaining Human Unity Under Conditions of Moral Conflict

Posted on March 23, 2026 by nathanalbright

A1 — Prolegomenon: The Theological Form of Moral Identity Collapse The preceding papers in this series have analyzed moral identity collapse as a cognitive, social, and institutional phenomenon—a cascade driven by identifiable pressures and sustained by identifiable feedback mechanisms. This … Continue reading →

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Paul’s Instruction on the Sabbath and Holy Days at Corinth: Evidence, Institutional Method, and Chronology: A White Paper on Pauline Practice and the Corinthian Assembly

Posted on March 19, 2026 by nathanalbright

I. Introduction: The Question Before Us A pastor has recently asserted, in the context of Bible study, that the congregation at Corinth had been observing the festivals of God for ten or eleven years between the establishment of the assembly … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Preventing Purity Policing Through Institutional Design: Clear Teaching Structures, Visible Pastoral Authority, Doctrinal Clarity, and the Mentorship of New Converts

Posted on March 13, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract The preceding papers in this series have addressed the management of purity enforcement challenges that have already developed to recognizable stages within congregational life, providing diagnostic frameworks for their identification and strategic frameworks for their pastoral and institutional management. … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Toward a Recovery — The Biblical Gospel as the Only Sufficient Answer

Posted on March 8, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract This concluding paper of the series argues that the critique of prosperity theology developed across the preceding nine papers is not sufficient in itself — that the Church’s responsibility does not end with the accurate identification and thorough refutation … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Exegetical Failures of Prosperity Theology

Posted on March 7, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract This paper examines the hermeneutical method and exegetical practice of prosperity theology, arguing that its misuse of Scripture is not incidental but systematic — the predictable product of a deficient interpretive framework applied consistently across a range of foundational … Continue reading →

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Queue Theology and the Crisis of Applied Belief: Why People Affirm Universal Theology Yet Reject Its Practical Limits

Posted on February 1, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract Many individuals and institutions profess a theology that claims universal scope—asserting that divine justice, mercy, or calling applies to all areas of life—yet react with hostility when that theology manifests in concrete forms of limitation, sequencing, or waiting. This … 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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