by James H Boyd | Mar 10, 2023 | Church & Culture
Regardless of what one believes about the presidency of George W. Bush, he does deserve credit for introducing a new concept into the American political conscience, one which politicians today would do well to revisit. That concept is known as “Compassionate...
by James H Boyd | Mar 9, 2023 | Church & Culture
A number of years ago I was talking with an old friend who had not been to church in a while. One of the reasons he gave was that he did not feel that churches were doing enough to help people in need. While I ceded that there was always room for improvement , I also...
by James H Boyd | Dec 13, 2021 | Articles From the Vault, Church & Culture
Originally published on James and Dave’s Bible Page ” When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.”- Proverbs 29:2 “The Church must take right ground in regards to politics . . . God...
by James H Boyd | Jun 30, 2020 | Articles From the Vault, Church & Culture
Originally published on James and Dave’s Bible Page In recent years, a popular slogan in the Christian world has been “WWJD?” or “What Would Jesus Do?” This poses a deep, probing question to all believers as we live to daily pattern our...
by James H Boyd | Dec 22, 2019 | Church & Culture, Ethics and Difficult Issues
This was a paper I wrote for a Political Science class I took back in the early 2000s. While the issues today are different, the underlying issues are very much the same. The inscription on our...
by James H Boyd | Mar 9, 2019 | Church & Culture
On occasions where my writing veers into the political arena, it is easy for some to assume that I am a Republican. The truth , however, is that I have not actively identified with any political party in well over twenty years. That decision was very deliberate and I...
