by Douglas Bookman, PhD | Jan 18, 2024 | Poimenas
The Urim and Thummim: The Theocracy in Microcosm Douglas D. Bookman Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from the book To Seek…to Do…and to Teach: Essays in Honor of Larry D. Pettegrew (Shepherds Press, 2022), which is available for purchase here...
by Douglas Bookman, PhD | May 10, 2022 | Poimenas
Ezra is a biblical figure much to be admired and emulated. And yet, for reasons understandable (but insufficient), he seems perpetually consigned to the lesser-known category of Old Testament heroes. One reason is that although Ezra plays an important role in two...
by Douglas Bookman, PhD | Sep 14, 2021 | Poimenas
September 18, 2021 – a melancholy anniversary indeed! Though the day doubtless generates little remembrance here on earth, there may very well be a moment of solemn silence throughout the Courts of Heaven. The reason for that silence is the staggeringly sorrowful...
by Douglas Bookman, PhD | Mar 16, 2021 | Poimenas
The New Testament is explicit that a day is coming when believers “must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ” (2 Cor 5:10). There could hardly be a more sobering reality. Indeed, Daniel Webster is remembered as stating, “The greatest thought that has ever...
by Douglas Bookman, PhD | Apr 18, 2020 | Poimenas
The New Testament includes two genealogies of Jesus of Nazareth, one in Matthew 1:1-17, and another in Luke 3:23-38. Although the modern reader may find these lists of names less than scintillating, they are in fact supremely important to the argument of the New...
