Tag Archives: doctrine

Book Review: What Do The Amish Believe?

Posted on June 25, 2017 by nathanalbright

What Do The Amish Believe?:  The Doctrine Of The Plain People Compared With Scripture, compiled by Aneko Press and MAP Ministry [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Aneko Press.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] Admittedly, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Carnival Mirrors

Posted on September 29, 2016 by nathanalbright

Carnival Mirrors, by Patricia Lyon [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by BookLook/WestBow Press in exchange for an honest review.] There are some people who should not be encouraged to become heresiologists in the manner of, say, Irenaeus. … Continue reading →

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C.S. Lewis: An Acceptable Place For Orthodox Subordinationism?

Posted on April 13, 2016 by nathanalbright

Recently, I was reading a book about C.S. Lewis [1] and came across a remarkable passage in it in the chapter on Luna, the planetary spirit that governs Lewis’ Narnia novel The Silver Chair according to scholar Michael Ward. Although … Continue reading →

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Some Preliminary Notes For A Defense Of Origen On The Biblical Doctrine Of Subordinationism

Posted on April 5, 2016 by nathanalbright

Every once in a while, my reading triggers a cascading series of thoughts that is too big for a single blog entry, even of the foreboding size that is often the case in my writings. In such cases, the massive … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Core Christianity

Posted on April 5, 2016 by nathanalbright

Core Christianity: Finding Yourself In God’s Story, by Michael Horton [Note: This book was provided free of charge by BookLook/Zondervan in exchange for an honest review.] The praise given to this book on its back cover must be read to … Continue reading →

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Leaving 20th Century Spiritual Egypt

Posted on April 11, 2015 by nathanalbright

Today, as a change from the usual sort of message given on this day, in the afternoon service our local pastor gave a personal historical account of how he came to leave the Worldwide Church of God, and pointed out … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal For The Creation Of A Bible Reading Program Study Bible

Posted on February 21, 2015 by nathanalbright

About a month ago or so, I reviewed a NKJV Bible (the Bible that is the default for my own particular religious organization) that had been given study notes relating to evangelism and marketed specially [1]. Seeing this done, and … Continue reading →

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The Germ Of An Idea

Posted on July 23, 2014 by nathanalbright

Today, as I was thinking about some of the books I have read recently [1], I was struck by the fact that so much of the longing for justice that one sees in a certain segment of Christianity (one, I … Continue reading →

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Book Review: How To Pick Up A Stripper And Other Acts Of Kindness

Posted on July 4, 2014 by nathanalbright

How To Pick Up A Stripper And Over Acts Of Kindness: Serving People Just As They Are, by Todd And Erin Stevens [Note: This book was provided by Thomas Nelson Publishers/BookLook in exchange for an honest review.] The title of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Elementary Principles

Posted on June 25, 2014 by nathanalbright

Elementary Principles: Six Foundational Principles Of Ancient Jewish Christianity, by D. Thomas Lancaster By chance, I came across a note from one of my Facebook friends showing a period where this book could be obtained for free from its publisher … Continue reading →

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