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.

Inquiring Minds Want to Know

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

Some churches set aside a little time for children in their services. I have always found it to be a fine opportunity to set out clear, simple ideas about God. Over the years I have had to field some great off-the-cuff questions from curious little children. Jack wanted to know why God doesn’t just turn […]

Here We Go a-Mothering

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

In Act 1 of Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar is warned to “beware the Ides of March!” The Ides of March is the old Roman way of saying mid-March. Mothering Sunday just happens to fall at the end of March in 2014, but it moves around. I’m wondering if perhaps Julius had forgotten to send flowers. […]

All of a Quiver

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

I love to spend time in the Psalter. The Book of Psalms is a collection of songs and prayers. Some have referred to it as ancient Israel’s hymnal. The poetry of the psalms is compact and profound – they work like pictures for the mind and emotions; and we know a picture is often worth […]

A Pinch of Salt

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

I am told that there is a common expression in the Middle-East: “there is salt between us.” It has to do with lasting loyalty in a relationship. It’s a saying that probably derives from the idea that salt has been shared at meals in which negotiations have been held and settlements reached. The symbolism of […]

A Force of Nature

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

I don’t know if you’ve ever seen the old John Wayne film The Quiet Man. It’s a true John Ford classic, even though it relies heavily on 1950s stereotypes. Without spoiling the whole thing for you, the two main characters are a boxer who retired from the ring because he landed a blow that killed […]

Idol Time

Posted on 9th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

Everyone of a certain age knows exactly where they were on the evening of the 22nd of November 1963…when it happened. That’s the day when heroes fell. A day to remember. You might naturally be recalling the assassination of President Kennedy, but I have a different man in mind. C. S. Lewis had died just […]

Land of My Fathers

Posted on 9th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

Half of my family are from Wales – coalminers and such who drifted towards the home counties to find work during the depression between the two World Wars. They brought their language and their songs with them. Consequently the culture I grew up in had a distinctly Welsh flavour to it. So once in a […]

Salt or Vinegar?

Posted on 9th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

The Apostle Paul signs off every one of his thirteen letters in the New Testament with words of grace such as in Romans: the grace of our Lord Jesus be with you or more simply in Colossians and Titus: grace be with you. At its most basic meaning, grace means kindness or goodwill towards someone. […]

Spiritual Orienteering

Posted on 9th January 201710th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

Navigating life in the 21st century can be a complex and confusing game. Crucial decisions must be made as to which direction to take, and often the pace of the race leaves little time to stop and look at the map. The sport of orienteering began in Sweden about a hundred years ago. Orienteering involves […]

Zoom Out, Zoom In

Posted on 29th December 201610th November 2017 by Terry Boyle

The Nineteenth Psalm is on my list of all-time greatest passages. The sweep and scope of its poetry is stunning – like the first time you see the Grand Canyon, or the Northern Lights, or a newborn baby. You are left slack-jawed and without adequate words. Read it with me as if with new eyes. […]