by James H Boyd | May 28, 2020 | Christian Living, Ethics and Difficult Issues
A visit to a neighborhood pet store may not often be the scene for raising profound theological questions, but that is exactly what happened to me several years ago. The store featured an impressive collection of exotic reptiles, including a number of large snakes....
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 | Dec 25, 2018 | Church & Culture, Ethics and Difficult Issues, Judaism and Biblical Contect
Published on The Tennessee Journalist on June 8, 2009 “His blood be on us, and on our...
by James H Boyd | Jul 6, 2018 | Church & Culture, Ethics and Difficult Issues
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...
