by James H Boyd | Oct 10, 2026 | Church & Culture
Does Halloween Get a Bad Rap? This article should not be seen as either a blanket endorsement or a blanket denunciation of Halloween. My concern is that Christians too often make knee-jerk judgments based on inaccurate or incomplete information. Instead, I want to...
by James H Boyd | Aug 28, 2026 | Misc Writings
Published on Pneuma Review July 20, 2026 Jesus prayed that His followers would be one. Yet today Christianity is divided into thousands of denominations, traditions, and movements. So what happened? Was this God’s plan, or have Christians failed Christ’s vision for...
by James H Boyd | Aug 28, 2026 | Church
Published in The Pneuma Review, August 24, 2026 If you spend enough time in church circles, you will eventually hear someone say, “I just can’t worship with drums,” or “Those old hymns are boring.” Others may insist that real worship should sound a certain way or use...
by James H Boyd | Aug 28, 2026 | Church & Culture, Ethics and Difficult Issues
In 1984, New York governor Mario Cuomo delivered a widely discussed address at the University of Notre Dame titled “Religious Belief and Public Morality: A Catholic Governor’s Perspective.” In it, Cuomo attempted to explain how a Catholic politician could personally...
by James H Boyd | Aug 28, 2026 | Biographical, Charismatic Theology and Practice
As I discussed in Part 1, my embrace of Pentecostalism surprised many who knew me at the time but, as previously stated, some of the seeds had been sown even during my Methodist days. My Pentecostal journey has been filled with profound encounters with God, difficult...
