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.

Getting to Know You: Part Two

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

In the previous edition of Insights we introduced you to Dr Steve Brady, the Principal of Moorlands Bible College. Steve has recently joined the Board of Trustees for Insight for Living UK. This month we continue that interview, and find out about Steve’s approach to ministry, and particularly his approach to the Bible. Terry… Let’s […]

Getting to Know You, Part One

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

For a few years now, Insight for Living UK has been pleased to award a Preaching Prize to students at Moorlands College near Christchurch in Dorset. For us it’s a great privilege – even a priority – to encourage the next generation of church leaders and theological thinkers to not only wrestle with Scripture, but […]

Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax

Posted on 17th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

As the Walrus and the Carpenter set out along the shore, they invited with them a little host of curious oysters. This naïve (and tasty) entourage was drawn in by the promise of a wide-ranging and mentally-stimulating conversation about the nature of the universe. The “big conversation” took place over dinner, and the curious little […]

Between Since and So That

Posted on 17th January 201730th July 2019 by Terry Boyle

There’s a world of difference between since and so that. Explore that world with me in these sentences: We stayed in a hostel so that money was tight. We cancelled the picnic so that it might rain. We painted the baby’s room blue so that we had a boy. These ideas make no sense, because […]

Through a Child’s Eyes

Posted on 17th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

As you read your way through this publication, you will come to understand that we take the care of children seriously at Insight for Living. Jesus also regarded children highly, and He used their simple faith as a model for his disciples and the rest of us to follow. Matthew 18 begins with a question: […]

The Sweetest Prayer

Posted on 17th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

Repent! For some the word conjures up fiery preachers with piercing eyes; a bony finger pointed in the face of a “sinner in the hands of an angry God.” But repentance isn’t always like that. Sometimes it means a quiet acknowledgement that things aren’t right, and a humble resolve to change our thinking. Either way […]

Prayer – Letting Your Compass Rest

Posted on 17th January 201729th July 2019 by Terry Boyle

Did you know that a compass needle is just a little magnet that aligns itself with the much larger magnetic field of the earth? What’s more, you can confuse and distract a compass needle by bringing another magnet near. The distracting pull of something like a fridge magnet drags the compass needle off its true […]

To the Fatherless

Posted on 10th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

A lady approached me one day and told me point-blank about the pain she feels every time the church celebrates Mothers’ Day. She would even find ways to avoid attending on that particular Sunday because she was childless, and even though every attempt was made to include all the women of the church on those […]

Teach Your Children Well

Posted on 10th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

The family is the foundry in which our theology is forged. I choose those words carefully because the principle is important. Theology—what we think about God—is often seen as the domain of scholars, philosophers, preachers, and such. But I am convinced that an individual’s most fundamental thoughts about God are wrought through the anvil, hammer, […]

Reach for a Towel

Posted on 10th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

The image of Jesus washing the feet of the disciples before the final Passover meal is powerful and poignant. In recent weeks, leading up to Easter, John 13 has in all likelihood been the basis for many a sermon on humility of service in the church, in mission outreach and in the wider fields of […]