Blog, Podcast, YouTube, and Books by Ray Burns
Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) The internet and media are angry again. On January 3rd, 2021 a Methodist minister and congressman named Emanuel Cleaver concluded his prayer in front of congress with “Amen and a-woman,” leading many […]
“Amen and A-Woman” – A Biblical Perspective Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou can also listen to Onward in the Faith using your favorite podcast app!
Why Is Legalism So Appealing? (podcast episode) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute
Looking back at 2020 and glimpsing what’s to come (podcast episode) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs I continue trying to be a good steward of the ministry God has given me, I’m always looking for how I can better serve my brothers and sisters. I’ve created a 10-question survey that will help me better understand how people find this ministry, the ways they use it, and how I can make
Answer these 10 questions to help Onward in the Faith for 2021 Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutesNothing about what happened on the cross was fair. Jesus Christ presented Himself before the Father and pled guilty to every sin we’ve ever committed. God treated His own Son as the greatest criminal in the universe, pouring out his righteous judgment and punishing Christ for our wrongdoing. And at the end of it all,
Day 25 – Sacrificed for Our Sin (25 Days of Christ in the Old Testament) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutes“If God would just reveal Himself to me, then I’d believe” is something many people may honestly believe. Even those of us who follow Christ fall into the trap of thinking that we’d have more faith if God would just be a bit more obvious to us. Yet we see throughout God’s word that people
Day 24 – Rejection of Christ’s Teaching (25 Days of Christ in the Old Testament) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesChrist’s victory over death was glorious. At the cross He paid the penalty for our sins, taking our place under the wrath of God. He died so that we can live. But His death wasn’t the end of the story, nor will it be the end of ours. Christ in the Old Testament For You
Day 23 – Victory Over Death (25 Days of Christ in the Old Testament) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Old Testament is continually pointing to the Messiah. Something that stands out to many people is how specific some things are, and how perfectly Jesus Christ fulfilled them. In the hundreds of years between the Prophets and the coming of Christ, many things in the world could have changed and made some prophecies impossible
Day 22 – The Pierced Savior (25 Days of Christ in the Old Testament) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesThe events on the cross are mixed with rejoicing and sorrow. While it fills us with hope that our sin was paid for against God, we are heartbroken to see what Christ had to experience on our behalf. And the more we understand the depth of our sin and the perfection of Jesus Christ, the
Day 21 – Forsaken By the Father (25 Days of Christ in the Old Testament) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesOf all the brutalities and humiliations Christ experienced on this Earth, at least He never broke a bone. This may seem like a random detail as we read about the final moments of His life, but it goes far beyond Him being fortunate. When we see the significance of broken bones in the Old Testament,
Day 20 – The Unbroken Lamb (25 Days of Christ in the Old Testament) Read More »