by James H Boyd | Apr 16, 2024 | Misc Writings
Any believer attempting to share his or her faith will eventually be confronted with the cliched “gotcha” verses often cited by unbelievers. Often, they will bring up ritual purity laws from the Old Testament which may indeed appear strange to modern...
by James H Boyd | Apr 6, 2024 | Apologetics & Worldviews
“Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?” (Genesis 18:23-25) In Part One of this series on Troubling Bible Passages, we looked at the Bible’s teaching about Slavery and the common misconceptions about it. For Part Two, we will ponder the...
by James H Boyd | Jan 22, 2024 | Bible & Theology
Calvinism or Arminianism? The debate between Arminianism and Calvinism, which concerns God’s sovereignty and man’s free will, is one of the most divisive in the church today. Rather than being an honest, respectful dialogue among brethren, this debate has...
by James H Boyd | Jan 13, 2024 | Apologetics & Worldviews
Many are familiar with an infamous scene from the television show The West Wing in which President Josiah Bartlett (played by Martin Sheen) shares some opinions on the Bible which are, to put it charitably, unorthodox.https://youtu.be/S1-ip47WYWcSadly, this clip is...
by James H Boyd | Jan 11, 2024 | Christian Living
Boop! My daughter Ember and I are reptile enthusiasts. We currently have two pet snakes, a ball python named Hershey and a Saharan sand boa named Pumpkin. Hershey Pumpkin Both species are nonvenomous, small to moderately sized and are usually very docile (although...
