by Gary Hallquist, DMin, DWS | Jul 17, 2023 | Poimenas
While recently reading Post-Christian: A Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture by Gene Edward Veith Jr., my thoughts went on a tangential journey about the Copernican Revolution of the 16th Century. Up to that time, astronomers and scientists thought the Earth was...
by Josh Komis, DMin | Jul 17, 2023 | Poimenas
The American church today faces a leadership crisis. Symptoms of this crisis include leadership burnout, fatigue, and a growing number of retiring pastors with fewer leaders to take their place. Barna Research conducted a survey in 2022 of church leaders. Many of them...
by Michael Vlach, PhD | May 23, 2023 | Poimenas
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from Michael Vlach’s new book, The New Creation Model: A Paradigm for Discovering God’s Restoration Purposes from Creation to New Creation (Theological Studies Press, 2023) The New Creation Model is a paradigm and...
by Peter Goeman, PhD | May 23, 2023 | Poimenas
Those who argue for infant baptism often appeal to church history as evidence that infant baptism was a regular church practice. Although infant baptism was indeed practiced by the time we get to the end of the 3rd century, prior to that time there are significant...
by Andy Burggraff, EdD | Mar 16, 2023 | Poimenas
A young man was forced to abandon his military career in disgrace. For seven years he failed in several business attempts. He faced bankruptcy on multiple occasions. He was even forced to sell his pocket watch, his last remaining possession that had value, to provide...
by Kevin Welch | Mar 16, 2023 | Poimenas
With tax day looming in the United States, many Americans are lamenting the annual process of filing and paying income taxes to federal and state governments. Bible readers may even equate Uncle Sam today with Caesar of the first century. Some taxpayers may question...
