Tag Archives: Sabbath

The Puzzle Of The Lord’s Day In The Didache

Posted on March 20, 2018 by nathanalbright

Among the more notable texts in the Apostlic Fathers is the Didache, and this short text, an early manual on practice within Christian communities, presents the reader with a lot of puzzles.  Among those puzzles is section 14 of the … Continue reading →

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Your Hitman For Today

Posted on December 24, 2017 by nathanalbright

As I arrived home too late last night to write, I thought I would try to write a bit this morning before I rush off to another long and busy day today.  Why was I so late getting home last … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Ordering Your Private World

Posted on September 29, 2017 by nathanalbright

Ordering Your Private World:  Revised And Updated, by Gordon MacDonald [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by BookLook/Thomas Nelson Publishing.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] Every once in a while an author stumbles upon an area … Continue reading →

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An Introduction To A Forgotten Song

Posted on July 9, 2017 by nathanalbright

For whatever reason, of late I have started being asked to introduce special music [1], and such was the case today.  Last Sabbath, when we were practicing the song in question, I gave a personal discussion about it [2] and … Continue reading →

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Our Days On Earth Are As A Shadow And Without Hope

Posted on June 5, 2017 by nathanalbright

While I was in the midst of a fairly busy Sabbath, even busier than usual, the sermonette in Portland was one that I found worthy of thoughtful pondering.  Although much of that sermonette was material I had gone over before … Continue reading →

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A Sabbath Day’s Journey Or Two

Posted on May 14, 2017 by nathanalbright

This morning was an unusual Sabbath for me, although it will probably surprise no one who knows my normal Sabbath habits [1] that it ended up being perhaps a somewhat more busy Sabbath than most people have when they go … Continue reading →

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Young Josiah

Posted on April 23, 2017 by nathanalbright

Earlier this week I got a brief message from our choir director that told us we had no choir practice and encouraged us to enjoy our week off.  As is my fashion, I felt it necessarily to reply somewhat cheekishly … Continue reading →

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Under Intense Scrutiny

Posted on March 26, 2017 by nathanalbright

One of the gentlemen in our local congregation gave an excellent sermon yesterday on the parable of the talents [1] and on some of its many implications.  Among the more intriguing things he said was that commentators of the Bible … Continue reading →

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You Have Not Yet Resisted To Blood

Posted on March 19, 2017 by nathanalbright

Yesterday morning I woke up early and spent the time before heading off to Hood River writing an article about one of my favorite stories in the Bible [1].  This is a story I have long wanted to write about, … Continue reading →

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Cycles Within Cycles: Part Four

Posted on January 11, 2017 by nathanalbright

[Note:  This is the fourth part of a series of post on the cycles of time within the biblical temporal world.  Parts one, two, and three have already been posted.] Having already addressed several issues related to biblical time, I … Continue reading →

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