by James H Boyd | Jun 1, 2025 | Church & Culture, Ethics and Difficult Issues
I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth… Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. — Genesis 9:13,15From church stained glass windows to city pride parades, the rainbow stands as...
by James H Boyd | Mar 2, 2025 | Judaism and Biblical Contect
Co authored with David Pope And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth...
by James H Boyd | Feb 25, 2025 | Apologetics & Worldviews, Judaism and Biblical Contect
Should Christians worship on Saturday or on Sunday? Of course, we should be worshipping every day! Nonetheless, the question of the Sabbath (Shabbat) and how it relates to the New Testament has been a controversy for centuries. The principles behind the Sabbath impact...
by James H Boyd | Feb 25, 2025 | Ethics and Difficult Issues
Years ago, when Donald J Trump first began to talk about running for president, my mind immediately went back to Bill Clinton’s administration. Even as a candidate, Clinton’s womanizing and other moral issues were well known. In response, Christian leaders...
by James H Boyd | Feb 9, 2025 | Jesus and the Gospel
Sin will take you farther than you ever expected to go; it will keep you longer than you ever intended to stay, and it will cost you more than you ever expected to pay.— Kay Arthur ¹ I believe this is an area that much of the church is completely in the dark about. We...
by James H Boyd | Feb 6, 2025 | Jesus and the Gospel
Is reincarnation biblical? No, reincarnation cannot be reconciled with the Bible or the Christian faith in any way. That is not to say that some have not tried. Some point to John the Baptist, who some at the time believed to be a reincarnation of the prophet Elijah...
by James H Boyd | Dec 14, 2024 | Church & Culture, Ethics and Difficult Issues
“I hate and abhor falsehood…” Psalm 119:163 ESV “There’s no such thing as fake news.It is either news, or fiction…”Fake” and “news” should be mutually exclusive. If it is fake. It cannot be called news....
by James H Boyd | Dec 13, 2024 | Ethics and Difficult Issues
One of the most unfortunate things about modern politics is the excessive tribalism. Regardless of who wins elections, life does go on and we are the ones who have to live it out. We have lost our ability to have meaningful conversations and learn from one...
by James H Boyd | Oct 19, 2024 | Jesus and the Gospel
Sin will take you farther than you ever expected to go; it will keep you longer than you ever intended to stay, and it will cost you more than you ever expected to pay.— Kay Arthur ¹ I believe this is an area that much of the church is completely in the dark about. We...
by James H Boyd | Sep 28, 2024 | Judaism and Biblical Contect
The Mosaic law attached great importance to meats and drinks: the Christian religion attaches none.-Charles Spurgeon ¹ Many of us have similar stories about our first time reading through the Bible. Genesis and Exodus feature lots of action. When we get to Leviticus,...
James H Boyd is an interdenominational Bible teacher, blogger and multimedia content creator based in Clinton, Tennessee