Tag Archives: Sabbath

The Appointed Times as the Memorial Engine

Posted on July 9, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract If remembrance is a covenantal duty owed by a whole people across generations, as the preceding paper argued, then the covenant must supply means proportioned to the duty—means that stand outside the individual heart and outreach the individual lifetime. … Continue reading →

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The Sabbath They Keep and the Sabbath They Broke: Irony, Liability, and Religious Freedom in EEOC v. Hatch Trick, Inc.

Posted on June 17, 2026 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary In May 2026 the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued an Austin-area Chick-fil-A franchisee, Hatch Trick, Inc., alleging that the operator fired a manager rather than continue accommodating her seventh-day Sabbath observance. The employee, Laurel Torode, is a … Continue reading →

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The Land’s Unkept Sabbaths: Whether the Periodic Dissolution Is Law or Only Liturgy in Present-Day Bravia

Posted on June 14, 2026 by nathanalbright

Porterville Working Paper No. 23 Prof. Heinrich Tschudi, Chair of Law and Covenant Studies, Provincial College of Porterville I. The Question, Which Indicts Its Author In Working Paper No. 22 I built a doctrine that rests upon a load-bearing claim, … Continue reading →

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Modern Congregational Purity Policing: Modesty Movements, Sabbath Enforcement Disputes, Doctrinal Purity Crusades, and Social Media Denunciation

Posted on March 12, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract The dynamics of unauthorized holiness enforcement, symbolic boundary policing, and the creation of parallel authority structures that the preceding literature in this series has traced from the Old Testament through the medieval and Reformation periods are not historical curiosities … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Why Theonomists Are Often Hostile Toward to the Sabbath—A Study of Hermeneutical Tension and Ideological Priorities

Posted on November 26, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Classical theonomy argues that the Mosaic moral and civil law remains binding today unless explicitly rescinded in the New Testament. Logically, this would include the Fourth Commandment, the only command explicitly called a “sign” of the covenant and … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Biblicist View of the Sabbath Day and the Error of the Midnight-to-Midnight Interpretation

Posted on November 2, 2025 by nathanalbright

I. Introduction The Sabbath, instituted by God at creation and reaffirmed in the Ten Commandments, is one of the most enduring symbols of covenantal relationship between the Creator and His people. A biblicist understanding of the Sabbath—one that draws directly … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Jesus Christ as Lord of the Sabbath: A Biblicist Examination of Authority, Rest, and Misinterpretation

Posted on October 8, 2025 by nathanalbright

Abstract This white paper explores the biblicist view of Jesus Christ as “Lord of the Sabbath,” examining the theological, moral, and eschatological implications of His claim (Mark 2:28, Matthew 12:8, Luke 6:5). It argues that Christ’s lordship over the Sabbath … Continue reading →

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The Taiping Rebellion and the Sabbath

Posted on May 13, 2025 by nathanalbright

The Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864) stands as one of the most dramatic and complex efforts in world history to reshape society according to a religious vision rooted in the Bible. At its center was Hong Xiuquan, a Chinese visionary who, after … Continue reading →

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The Laws And Gifts Of God Are Universal: An Introduction

Posted on July 21, 2024 by nathanalbright

[Note: The following is the prepared text of a sermonette given to The Dalles congregation of the United Church of God on Sabbath, July 20, 2024.] We live in a day and age where it is common for corrupt elites … Continue reading →

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Are You For Us Or For Our Adversaries?

Posted on December 18, 2022 by nathanalbright

[Note: This is the prepared text for a sermonette given to the Portland congregation of the United Church of God on Sabbath, December 17, 2022.] Not too long ago, I discussed with you all the biblical understanding that God is … Continue reading →

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