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,...
by James H Boyd | Aug 1, 2024 | Apologetics & Worldviews
Is the Bible really the work of ignorant, “bronze age goat herders?” The above meme is a popular catch phrase among those who would try to discredit it. As usual, however, such characterizations are utterly ridiculous. Approximately 40 people were used by...
by James H Boyd | Jul 26, 2024 | Christian Living
In one of my first times in reading through the Bible, the Book of Proverbs especially stood out to me. Even early in the Book, the picturesque images of godly wisdom really hit home in my teenage mind. At the same time, the contrasting images of a foolish person were...
by James H Boyd | May 29, 2024 | Apologetics & Worldviews
This was a school paper from my Western Civ class in the fall of 2004″…the basic reality of God is plain enough. Open your eyes and there it is! By taking a long and thoughtful look at what God has created, people have always been able to see what their...
by James H Boyd | May 14, 2024 | Christian Living
“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 | May 12, 2024 | Christian Living
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes-Psalm 118:9 ESV The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world- Reinhold Niebuhr ¹ My relationship with partisan politics has a complex history. At different times in my life, I...
James H Boyd is an interdenominational Bible teacher, blogger and multimedia content creator based in Clinton, Tennessee