Ray Burns

I love Christ, my wife and four kids, the Oxford comma, and board games. Although saved at 18, it took 10 years for me to stop chasing idols and find true satisfaction in Christ. God's given me a passion for teaching and writing, and with that a deep burden to be my creator's instrument in giving His people a profound, unshakable relationship with their savior.

Satan Enters Judas (Moment #25 from “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days”)

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutes This 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. 22:3-4, Jn. 13:27 Satan has been God’s enemy since the Garden of Eden. He’s wanted nothing more than to see God’s creation reject Him. Yet, God […]

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The Lord’s Supper (Moment #24 from “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days”)

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutes This 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. 26:26–29, Mk. 14:22–25, Lk. 22:14–20 Churches frequently practice the Lord’s Supper, sometimes called Communion. In it, we have some bread, a drink made of grapes, and

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Creating An “Almost” God Of Evil [2nd Temple Jewish Thought] (Chapter 2.2 | Satan And Spiritual Warfare)

Approximate Reading Time: 15 minutes [For the sake of my posting schedule and your time, I am posting segments of Chapter 2 as I write them. If you have any suggestions or comments, reach out through my contact form. To read everything released so far, visit the Satan and Spiritual Warfare page.] Second Temple Jewish Thought (300 BC – 100 AD) Egyptian,

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Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet (Moment #23 from “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days”)

Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutes This 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: Jn. 13:4-17 During Christ’s final Passover meal, just one day before His death, Luke 22:24 shows how the disciples begin bickering over who is the greatest among

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Creating an “Almost” God of Evil (Chapter 2.1 | Satan and Spiritual Warfare)

Approximate Reading Time: 9 minutes [For the sake of my posting schedule and your time, I am posting segments of Chapter 2 as I write them. If you have any suggestions or comments, reach out through my contact form. To read everything released so far, visit the Satan and Spiritual Warfare page.] Parents, friends, teachers, and pastors share a unique role

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The True Meaning of Passover (Moment #22 from “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days”)

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutes This is an excerpt from my book “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days.” Click here to get it from Amazon using my affiliate link. It was no accident that the “lamb who takes away the sin of the world” would die on Passover. This holy day was sacred to Israel as they remembered God sparing

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Judas Betrays Christ for Thirty Silver (Moment #21 from “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days”)

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutes This 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. 26:14-16, Mk. 14:10-11, Lk. 22:3-6 We haven’t heard much about Judas up to this point. We know he handled the group’s money and very likely volunteered

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What We Say About Satan (Satan and Spiritual Warfare | Chapter 1)

Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutes [I will post chapters of my next book as I write them. If you have any suggestions or comments, reach out through my contact form. To read everything released so far, visit the Satan and Spiritual Warfare page.] We say some true things about Satan. To quote one dictionary:  “He is always depicted as hostile to

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