Tag Archives: judgment

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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Fruit and Fruitfulness in the Bible: A Biblicist White Paper on Terminology, Imagery, and Theological Function

Posted on December 1, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This white paper examines the Hebrew and Greek vocabulary, literary contexts, and canonical theology of fruit and fruitfulness in Scripture. In the biblical canon, “fruit” functions in multiple senses: agricultural, biological, moral, covenantal, spiritual, missional, eschatological, and judicial. … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Due Process Deficits in Church of God Disciplinary Systems: Legitimacy Risks and Structural Reforms for Improved Outcomes

Posted on November 26, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Across the Church of God community—including Sabbatarian COG fellowships (UCG, COGWA, LCG, COG-7, and independent congregations)—disciplinary actions involving members or ministers often suffer from low perceived procedural fairness, even when leadership believes decisions are biblically or administratively justified. … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Managing Judicial Obstruction: Constitutionally Viable Procedures for Addressing Systematic Bias and Vexatious Interference with Government Administration

Posted on November 26, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Judicial review is a cornerstone of constitutional governance, serving as a check on unlawful administrative actions. However, in situations where individual judges consistently engage in demonstrably biased, obstructive, or procedurally abusive behaviors—particularly when such actions appear aimed at … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Potential Punishments for Veterans Who Advocate Sedition Against Proper Military Authorities

Posted on November 25, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This white paper examines the legal, ethical, and institutional frameworks governing how a veteran—no longer on active duty but still bound by certain federal statutes—may be punished for advocating sedition against legitimate military authority. It reviews applicable U.S. … Continue reading →

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A Biblicist White Paper: Distinguishing Job’s Eloquent Self-Defense from the False Accusations of His Friends and From the Charge of Self-Righteousness

Posted on November 23, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The Book of Job contains one of Scripture’s most intricate examinations of suffering, righteousness, and divine justice. Job’s speeches are often misunderstood as lapsing into self-righteousness, while the friends’ speeches are mischaracterized as orthodox defenses of divine justice. … Continue reading →

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White Paper: “Woke Up Dead”: The Meaning and Context of the Hebrew Phrase in the Assyrian Army Narrative: A Linguistic, Historical, and Biblicist Analysis

Posted on November 15, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The destruction of Sennacherib’s Assyrian army in a single night—recorded in 2 Kings 19:35 and Isaiah 37:36—is one of the most dramatic deliverance narratives in the Hebrew Bible. Popular preachers sometimes describe this event with the phrase “they … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Biblicist Mandate for Engagement — Improving the Present World in Light of the World to Come

Posted on November 12, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This paper examines, from a biblicist standpoint, whether Christians are commanded to work toward the betterment of the present world or to abstain from such efforts in anticipation of the coming Kingdom of God. A biblicist framework holds … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Difficulties We Face in Understanding Our Motives and the Motivations of Others: A Biblical, Philosophical, and Psychological Analysis

Posted on November 11, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Human beings are often poor judges of their own motives and those of others. Across biblical, philosophical, and psychological traditions, this limitation is recognized as both a moral and epistemic problem. Scripture emphasizes the deceitfulness of the human … Continue reading →

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The Holiness of the Father and the Mediation of the Son: A Biblicist White Paper on Divine Separation and Redemption

Posted on November 8, 2025 by nathanalbright

Abstract This white paper sets forth the biblicist understanding that God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, are two distinct divine beings—the Father being the supreme source of life and authority, and the Son being the divine Word who … Continue reading →

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