Terry Boyle

Dr Terry Boyle serves as Pastor for Insight for Living UK. His ministry involves teaching a weekend radio programme, hosting the weekday Insight for Living broadcast, helping with issues that come in from listeners, and providing a personal and local approach to Chuck Swindoll’s ministry.

Terry was born in Windsor, England. He moved to the United States in 1981. Although he began his professional life as a biochemist, Terry holds a Th.M. in Pastoral Ministry and a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas.

Terry served as senior pastor of Skillman Bible Church in Dallas until he and his family moved back to the UK in 2007, to take on the role of pastor for Insight for Living United Kingdom.

Terry and his wife Rose Ann have been married for twenty seven years, and they have three grown children: Hannah, Emily, and Terence.

From Victory unto Victory

Posted on 20th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win – Sun Tzu This quote comes from China at about the time when Babylon had already crushed Jerusalem and led the best and brightest of Israel into captivity. The Chinese were far beyond the […]

Fast Results

Posted on 20th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

There’s an old proverb that says “it takes a box of salt to make a friend” – you have to share some meals together before you really get to know someone. During my time at Dallas Seminary, I had the privilege of leading several student small groups as a Leadership Fellow. Whenever my groups met, […]

Faith on the Zip-line

Posted on 20th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

In the scouts, a long, long time ago, we called them aerial runways. Consisting of a rope, or cable, strung between two trees; one end high, the other end low, with a pulley, harness belt, and a profound (sometimes misguided) trust in your own skill with knots. Whenever we constructed a new one, there was […]

Cultured Company

Posted on 20th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

How would you define a “culture”? Have you ever given any thought to what makes certain cultures distinctive? Now let me clarify; I’m not thinking of yoghurt, and I don’t mean the opera. I’m not against either, but those aren’t the kinds of cultures I have in mind. A culture is the set of principles […]

Behind Closed Doors

Posted on 20th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

Some people like to keep journals. Not me. I like to collect little souvenirs. I have bits and pieces—memorabilia that help me call to mind particular events and stories. Ebenezers is what the Old Testament calls them – “stones of help.” My New Testament wife calls them clutter. One of my mementoes is a Father’s […]

Solomon’s Glory

Posted on 20th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

Almost a thousand years before Christ, Solomon inherited the throne of Israel from his father David. Let’s look for a moment at the young king’s attitude as the burden of sovereignty settled on his shoulders. We read in 1 Kings 3 that once all the dust of the coronation had cleared, Solomon went to Gibeon, […]

Redeemed

Posted on 20th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

You would be hard-pressed to find a more delightful story than that of Ruth. On the surface it reads like a romantic mini-drama in three scenes. Nice girl falls on hard times; girl meets man; man marries girl. But as with any really good story, just below the surface there are some very important ideas […]

What’s In a Translation?

Posted on 20th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

When I am invited to speak at a local church, I try to find out if they use pew Bibles, and if so, which version they have. I make an effort to be able to read and speak from the same translation my hosts are comfortable with. Sometimes I will use one of their pew […]

On the Road to Emmaus

Posted on 20th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

It’s one of the classic passages we go to every Easter, but it’s not just an Easter story. Two disciples are walking home, steeply downhill and deeply despondent, and as they go they are trying to make sense of all that has happened in the past few days. Their beloved teacher—the one they thought could […]

It’s All Greek to Me

Posted on 20th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

There’s a classic “red herring” often thrown down when you talk about the crucial significance of the Bible. It goes like this: “The Bible can’t be trusted nowadays because it has gone through so many translations that the versions we have today bear no resemblance to what was originally written.” The basic idea is like […]