by James H Boyd | Aug 28, 2026 | Church & Culture, Ethics and Difficult Issues
In 1984, New York governor Mario Cuomo delivered a widely discussed address at the University of Notre Dame titled “Religious Belief and Public Morality: A Catholic Governor’s Perspective.” In it, Cuomo attempted to explain how a Catholic politician could personally...
by James H Boyd | Apr 1, 2026 | Church & Culture, Ethics and Difficult Issues
An Open Letter to My LGBT Friends Dear Friends, Before you read another word, I want you to know that I am writing this because I believe honest conversations are better than caricatures and assumptions. Too often, Christians and LGBT people speak about one another...
by James H Boyd | Jan 6, 2026 | Apologetics & Worldviews, Church & Culture, Ethics and Difficult Issues
Welcome back to our study. In Part 1, we stood back and took in the wide-angle view of creation, seeing Genesis through the eyes of Jesus. We looked at some of the mechanisms God may have used, as well as the fallacy of saying that faith and science are incompatible....
by James H Boyd | Jun 19, 2025 | Church & Culture, Ethics and Difficult Issues
I was inspired to write this post after seeing the above meme. Of course, this statement is ridiculous. First of all, there is the fact that this same US Constitution is based on British Common Law which drew heavily from the Bible. Furthermore, you could just as...
by James H Boyd | Jun 15, 2025 | Church & Culture, Ethics and Difficult Issues
We are here to take over, not here to take sides. We are here to take over, no room for compromise! Taking authority, we’re taking over Kingdom authority, oh yeah! ¹ The above lyrics are from a song by Pastor Gary Oliver entitled “Takin’...
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...
