by James H Boyd | Jul 24, 2026 | Christian Living, Jesus and the Gospel
Making Peace with the Past Adapted from a Sermon preached July 13th, 2026 at Morgan County Correctional Facility, Wartburg, TN How many times have you heard someone say, “I have no regrets in life”? Chances are you’ve met very few people for whom...
by James H Boyd | Jul 18, 2026 | Christian Living, Church, Ministry & Spiritual Growth
Church hurt is real. “If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it… But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend.” (Psalm 55:12-14) Some of the deepest wounds a person can experience come not from strangers, but from fellow...
by James H Boyd | Jul 9, 2026 | Christian Living
Do Christians “Worship the Bible?” Understanding the Charge of “Bibliolatry” One of the more common accusations leveled against evangelical Christians is that we have made an idol out of the Bible. Critics sometimes call this...
by James H Boyd | Jun 19, 2026 | Christian Living
Originally published on Pneuma Review on June 15, 2026 On September 10, 2025, the nation was stunned when popular conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah. In the months that followed, a deeply disturbing trend emerged. Social media was flooded with...
by James H Boyd | Apr 5, 2026 | Christian Living
A pastor I know once stood before his congregation and playfully instructed them to “Turn to the Book of Jethro, ” although no such book appears in the Bible. When the people realized they had been pranked, one lady replied “You mean thing!”...
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...
