Ray Burns

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteClick the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Android podcast app. “The church is a hospital, not a country club.” This episode uses this metaphor to help us better appreciate one of the purposes of our pastors and the local church. However, I also look at treating the church as […]

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is an excerpt from my upcoming book, Understanding 40 Events in Christ’s Final Days. Follow me on social media to find out when it’s released! Cursing the Fig Tree (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

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen we hear the call to salvation, it’s easy for us to assume that’s talking to other people; visitors, people struggling with sin, or those who have simply never heard the gospel before. This episode is from my teaching in Hebrews 4, which calls all of us, even people who assume they’ve been saved for

Approximate Reading Time: 9 minutesEvery few years, Christmas and church fall on the same day. On those years, Christians struggle with where to spend that day. And in our modern society, the question can be more complicated than “Skip church or skip presents.” We can find compromises or excuses thanks to online streaming, different meeting times, churches themselves skipping

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently, the content releases have been a bit different. I realized that while I’m using almost every free moment to work, the rest of you may be wondering what’s going on. Here’s a quick summary of why the content has seemed slower lately. While my normal articles are about 3 pages long, my recent article

Approximate Reading Time: 37 minutesThis is the first of three articles that explores the various views of Hell. These articles will try to be fair and accurate to each belief, so don’t be surprised if all three end up sounding fully possible or filled with issues. My goal isn’t to persuade people to one belief or another, but to

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast week I published my first book. It’s a devotional for the days leading up to Christmas, titled “25 Days of Christ in the Old Testament.” Click here to grab your own physical or digital copy from Amazon. From the book’s description: Christ shines brilliantly in the New Testament, but we may not realize just

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteClick the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Android podcast app. Can we trust the 66 books of our Bible? How do we know we aren’t missing other books? What about the claim that people manipulated the formation of the Bible to fit their agenda? This episode gives a high