by James H Boyd | Apr 1, 2026 | Church & Culture, Ethics and Difficult Issues
An Open Letter to My LGBT Friends Dear Friends, Before you read another word, I want you to know that I am writing this because I believe honest conversations are better than caricatures and assumptions. Too often, Christians and LGBT people speak about one another...
by James H Boyd | Feb 23, 2026 | Christian Living
Funerals are breeding grounds for bad theology. When my sister, Sandy Adcox, died of leukemia in 2004, I remember thinking, “If one more person tells us that ‘God needed her more than we did,’ I’m going to punch them!” Of course, I didn’t, but...
by James H Boyd | Feb 8, 2026 | Apologetics & Worldviews
Church and State are often treated like rival siblings fighting over the TV remote, but Scripture presents them as distinct, yet complementary, institutions under God’s ultimate authority. As “cultural Christianity” fades, something else inevitably moves into the...
by James H Boyd | Jan 31, 2026 | Misc Writings
Hi friends! I’m James, and welcome to my blog , Keeping It Real. This blog exists for one simple reason: to talk honestly about faith, life, Scripture, and the real struggles we face along the way. No hype, no pretense. Just real discussions, real questions, and a...
by James H Boyd | Jan 6, 2026 | Apologetics & Worldviews, Church & Culture, Ethics and Difficult Issues
Welcome back to our study. In Part 1, we stood back and took in the wide-angle view of creation, seeing Genesis through the eyes of Jesus. We looked at some of the mechanisms God may have used, as well as the fallacy of saying that faith and science are incompatible....
by James H Boyd | Dec 25, 2025 | Apologetics & Worldviews, Jesus and the Gospel
Jesus and Genesis Genesis: where the universe starts, humans appear, and the great drama gets underway. But the real headline? Jesus, the eternal Word, was already on the scene, orchestrating it all! He is the director of the whole story and you, my friend, get a...
by James H Boyd | Dec 13, 2025 | Apologetics & Worldviews, Bible & Theology, Jesus and the Gospel
“God hates all workers of iniquity” (Psalm 5:5). “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated” (Romans 9:13). These are strong words from a God whom we understand to be a God of love. They are not mild or gentle statements. They confront us with the sobering holiness of God. And...
by James H Boyd | Dec 13, 2025 | Bible & Theology, Church & Culture
“Wait… what?”That’s the reaction many people have when church discipline is mentioned. It sounds harsh, outdated, or even scary. After all, isn’t church supposed to be about grace, love, and second chances? Absolutely! But real love means setting boundaries,...
by James H Boyd | Nov 15, 2025 | Bible & Theology
What does it really mean to take the Bible seriously? Today, many say, “I take the Bible seriously, but not literally,” as if the two cannot coexist. Yet Jesus and the Apostles approached Scripture with deep reverence, treating its words as clear, trustworthy, and...
by James H Boyd | Nov 6, 2025 | Christian Living
A certain well-known minister once shocked his audience by stating that “…millions of people are starving to death, and most of you don’t give a —-!” He went on to rebuke them by saying that “The sad thing is, most of you are more...
James H Boyd is an interdenominational Bible teacher, blogger and multimedia content creator based in Clinton, Tennessee