Tag Archives: rape

Book Review: Life, In Spite Of Me

Posted on February 9, 2013 by nathanalbright

Life, In Spite Of Me: Extraordinary Hope After A Fatal Choice, by Kristen Jane Anderson with Tricia Goyer [Note: I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group. This did not affect my review in any way.] With … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Overcoming Abuse God’s Way

Posted on January 3, 2013 by nathanalbright

Overcoming Abuse God’s Way: Rags To Riches, by Janet Marie Napper and Brenda Branson [Note: A review copy of this e-book was provided to me free of charge by BookSneeze.com/Thomas Nelson Publishers. This has not influenced my book review in … Continue reading →

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Under Rug Swept

Posted on November 15, 2012 by nathanalbright

Japan has for the third time in a row been elected to serve on the UN Human Rights Council. And certainly, compared to nations like Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Venezuela, and the United Arab Emirates (which have also been elected to the … Continue reading →

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An Abuse Of Power

Posted on November 13, 2012 by nathanalbright

News is breaking about a horrendous miscarriage of justice in the Netherlands. While the issue of Jerry Sandusky serving as a long-pampered pedophile within Penn State, taking advantage of his closeness to young people and his reputation as a football … Continue reading →

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Calvinism’s Cold Comfort

Posted on November 8, 2012 by nathanalbright

[Note: Throughout this particular blog entry I comment on Calvinism, referring to the “strict Calvinist” or “hyper-Calvinist” viewpoint that is practiced by some Calvinists rather than the more moderate Calvinism that is practiced by most people who would consider themselves … Continue reading →

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This Means War?

Posted on November 5, 2012 by nathanalbright

Some time ago I wrote about a war on women and children. In Uzbekistan, women who give birth in hospitals are forcibly sterilized by doctors under anesthesia without their consent, women who are often blamed by their husbands for what … Continue reading →

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Rape And The Military Culture: Part Three

Posted on November 1, 2012 by nathanalbright

Rape is among the most horrible experience someone can endure, and being a crime of power, it is little surprise that rape and the military is connected in powerful ways. Having previously examined the difficult matter of rape complicating civil-military … Continue reading →

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You’re No Son Of Mine

Posted on August 18, 2012 by nathanalbright

Yesterday, I was made familiar with an article that had appeared on a friend’s Facebook page dealing with the abhorrent subject of after-birth abortions [1]. I do not wish to summarize the entire article, which presents a logically consistent case … Continue reading →

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Genesis 34: The Rape Of Dinah

Posted on July 24, 2012 by nathanalbright

For perhaps understandable reasons, I feel very strongly when I have to come across the Bible’s stories of rape and incest in the course of my Bible study. Yesterday, in my class on the Pentateuch, I had to teach the … Continue reading →

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Hell Is For Children

Posted on July 13, 2012 by nathanalbright

A few weeks ago, the students and teachers at the school where I teach watched “The Lady,” a biopic about Aung San Suu Kyi. During the scenes with the Burmese soldiers running rampant, one of the students was visibly disturbed … Continue reading →

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