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...
by James H Boyd | Jan 8, 2024 | Jesus and the Gospel
The above quote is often used to reprimand “un-Christlike” Christians. Ghandi had first hand experience with this. For example, he was once turned away from a church service because he was not white. Certainly, we Christians have often failed to live up to...
by James H Boyd | Dec 26, 2023 | Bible & Theology, Christian Living
Originally published on James and Dave’s Bible Page Jesus answered them and said “My doctrine is not mine, but His that sent me.” (John 7:16) But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine. (Titus 2:1) Mention the word “doctrine”...
by James H Boyd | Dec 25, 2023 | Jesus and the Gospel
Originally published on James and Dave’s Bible Page Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard once observed that “Most of us read the Bible the way a mouse tries to remove the cheese from the trap without getting caught.” (1) Certainly, the Bible can be...
by James H Boyd | Dec 25, 2023 | Charismatic Theology and Practice
I come from a Word of Faith background and this is a transcript of a sermon I preached during that time. While I no longer actively identify with the Word of Faith label, I have also been careful not to go too far in the opposite direction. In spite of some excesses,...
by James H Boyd | Jul 28, 2023 | Jesus and the Gospel
Transcript of a Sermon Preached at Morgan County Correctional Facility in Wartburg, TN Friends, the great equalizer in all of our lives is our desperate need for God’s grace, mercy and forgiveness. If someone forgives you a $100 debt, that means they have to...
James H Boyd is an interdenominational Bible teacher, blogger and multimedia content creator based in Clinton, Tennessee