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Review: Into His Presence

Review: Into His Presence

A quality resource for those exploring a biblical intimacy with God.

public thinkingJosiah BoydSeptember 10, 2019book review, intimacy, theology, christian living

Don't Outsource Child-Rearing

Don't Outsource Child-Rearing

“The church should teach my kids about Jesus. That’s its job, right?” Nope.

weekly bleatJosiah BoydSeptember 3, 2019parenting, church

We are Jonah

We are Jonah

A call to love like God loves like Jonah failed to do.

weekly bleatJosiah BoydAugust 27, 2019poetry, jonah, comfort, submission

Purifying the Well: Podcasts

Purifying the Well: Podcasts

My personal and most-current annotated podcastography.

public thinkingJosiah BoydAugust 22, 2019tongue, discipline, habits, heart

Our Damning Thought Life

Our Damning Thought Life

“Thoughts fall from the mind like leaves from a tree when shaken by the wind in autumn. …”

weekly bleatJosiah BoydAugust 20, 2019puritans, thoughts, depravity

Material Wealth and Spiritual Health (James 5:1–6)

Material Wealth and Spiritual Health (James 5:1–6)

Our relationship with money as a litmus test for our relationship with God.

from the pulpitJosiah BoydAugust 19, 2019james, money, spirituality

Purifying the Well: An Introduction

Purifying the Well: An Introduction

Purifying the well that the bucket can be unleashed.

public thinkingJosiah BoydAugust 15, 2019tongue, discipline, habits, heart

Our Amazing Medic

Our Amazing Medic

Ignatius on our one true Doctor.

weekly bleatJosiah BoydAugust 13, 2019christology, church fathers

The Perennial Temptation to Play God (James 4:13–17)

The Perennial Temptation to Play God (James 4:13–17)

Taking charge: An example, some problems, and a corrective.

from the pulpitJosiah BoydAugust 12, 2019james, idolatry, humility

The Confounding Christ

The Confounding Christ

Melito on the beauty of the Lord Jesus Christ.

weekly bleatJosiah BoydAugust 6, 2019christology

Pridefully Swinging God's Gavel (James 4:11–12)

Pridefully Swinging God's Gavel (James 4:11–12)

Don’t slander! A command stated, explained, and applied.

from the pulpitJosiah BoydAugust 5, 2019james, tongue, slander

The Triune Contractor

The Triune Contractor

Ignatius on the trinitarian building of God’s temple.

weekly bleatJosiah BoydJuly 30, 2019church, trinitarianism

Clement's Bible

Clement's Bible

How was Scripture viewed in the early years of the church?

weekly bleatJosiah BoydJuly 23, 2019scripture, church fathers

A Good Church Stinks

A Good Church Stinks

Scott Horrell on how a church relates to the world around it.

weekly bleatJosiah BoydJuly 16, 2019church, world, evangelism

I'm Needy. You're Needy.

I'm Needy. You're Needy.

We all need help. Where do we look when we admit it?

public thinkingJosiah BoydJuly 15, 2019hope, help, psalms

To Err in Inerrancy

To Err in Inerrancy

How are we to think rightly about the Bible’s inability to err?

weekly bleatJosiah BoydJuly 9, 2019inerrancy, scripture

How to be a God-Pleasing Show-Off (James 2:14–26)

How to be a God-Pleasing Show-Off (James 2:14–26)

Faith without works … dead? Demonic? Discernible?

from the pulpitJosiah BoydJuly 8, 2019james, faith, works

Satan's Strategy: Same-Old, Same-Old

Satan's Strategy: Same-Old, Same-Old

Faulty hermeneutics find their origin in the Garden.

weekly bleatJosiah BoydJuly 2, 2019hermeneutics, revelation

The Incompatibility of Faith and Favouritism (James 2:1–13)

The Incompatibility of Faith and Favouritism (James 2:1–13)

Why prejudices are incompatible with church life.

from the pulpitJosiah BoydJuly 1, 2019james, favouritism, church

A Prayer for the Nation

A Prayer for the Nation

My prayer for Canada on its birthday.

public thinkingJosiah BoydJuly 1, 2019canada, prayer, mercy