Ray Burns

Approximate Reading Time: 19 minutesThe Savior’s encounters with Nicodemus and the Samaritan woman are two well-known historical accounts in the Gospel of John. Yet when we talk about them, we often treat them as isolated incidents with no connection outside of “Jesus talking to someone.” But if we look a little closer, we may see that the Samaritan woman […]

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. 27:46, Mk 15:34 Christ doesn’t say much during His final moment on the cross. Luke 23:46 shows Him quoting Psalm 31:5. John 19:30 records the famous

Approximate Reading Time: 8 minutes[For the sake of my posting schedule and your time, I am posting segments of Chapter 3 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.] What has been is what will be, and what has

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: Jn. 19:31-34 For Christians, the cross is central to our entire eternity. For the soldiers at the foot of the cross, however, it was probably another day

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. 27:45, Mk. 15:33, Lk. 23:44 We can say much about the six hours Jesus spent on the cross. Many unique and interesting moments surrounded the most

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. 27:32, Mk. 15:21, Lk 23:36 Sometimes, clarifying something in the Bible has deep and meaningful consequences that forever change our understanding of God. Sometimes, that clarity

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. 27:15–21, Mk. 15:6–15, Lk. 23:18-25, Jn. 18:40 Not much is known about the man who lived so Jesus Christ could die. He had a name, a

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. 27:3-5 Between the trials of the Jewish and Roman courts, Judas has a moment of clarity. Whatever justification he used to betray Jesus melted away, leaving

Approximate Reading Time: 6 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.] Christian Gnosticism (100 – 400 AD) As dualism became a

Approximate Reading Time: 5 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. 26:47-27:32, Mk. 14:43-15:20, Lk. 22:47-23:25, Jn. 18:2-19:15 On their own, Christ’s arrest and trials are fairly straightforward. Judas carries out his betrayal, injustice is done, and