Blog, Podcast, YouTube, and Books by Ray Burns
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutesThe American Dream and the Christian life are at odds with one another. One says that a good job, an attractive spouse, a large home, and an easy retirement are the keys to happiness. The other calls for a life of humility, sacrifice, self-denial, and a pursuit of God for our joy. While this is […]
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Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is an excerpt from my book “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days.” Click here to get it from Amazon using my affiliate link. Find this moment in: Mt. 21:28-22:14, Mk. 12:1-12, Lk. 20:9-19 After reclaiming some amount of holiness for God’s temple, Luke 21:37 shows Jesus spent His last days balancing teaching at the
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWatch this episode on YouTube or listen on Apple, Android, or Spotify. Join my monthly supporters: www.Patreon.com/OnwardintheFaith One-time donations: PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/OnwardintheFaith?locale.x=en_US Venmo https://account.venmo.com/u/Ray-Burns-6 Does God want you to study theology? Yes! When we properly understand what theology is in the life of Christ’s followers, we see that God calls His people to theology over and
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is an excerpt from my book “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days.” Click here to get it from Amazon using my affiliate link. Find this moment in: Mt. 21:20-22, Mk. 11:20-25 People want a faith that moves mountains so they can accomplish everything their heart desires. They want to have such faith that nothing
Faith Lessons from the Fig Tree (Moment #6 from “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days”) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is an excerpt from my book “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days.” Click here to get it from Amazon using my affiliate link. In another confusing scene, the typically calm Jesus enters the temple in Jerusalem and tears the place apart. Just as people love to think that Jesus got mad at a fig
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Sermon: Church and our Consumer Mentality [YouTube and podcast] Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesListen on Apple, Android, or Spotify. Watch it on YouTube. Join my monthly supporters: www.Patreon.com/OnwardintheFaith One-time donations: PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/OnwardintheFaith?locale.x=en_US Venmo https://account.venmo.com/u/Ray-Burns-6 What a difference a word makes. 2 Peter 1:5 says that we must supply a variety of spiritual disciplines. Does that mean our spiritual maturity is a result of our personal strength? Do we
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Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is an excerpt from my book “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days.” Click here to get it from Amazon using my affiliate link. Find this moment in: Mt. 21:18-19, Mk. 11:12-14 One time, Jesus was hungry and got really mad at a tree. Now in the morning, when He was returning to the city,
Cursing the Fig Tree (Moment #4 from “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days”) Read More »
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Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is an excerpt from my book “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days.” Click here to get it from Amazon using my affiliate link. Find this moment in: Lk. 19:41-44 Outside of Jerusalem, the crowd excitedly received Jesus as a prophet. However, Jesus was more than a prophet and even more than just a man.
Jesus Weeps Over Jerusalem (Moment #3 from “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days”) Read More »