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.

Anger Begins with Idolatry

Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) Grumpy. Bad temper. Short fuse. We have many cute names to assign to our anger, and those names make it so easy to excuse our behavior. We don’t want to take the

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Watching a Sermon Isn’t Church (But It Works for Now)

Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutesThanks to technology, the Coronavirus hasn’t kept many Christians from the blessing of weekly teaching from their pastor. For many, this isn’t much different from regular “church” where we sit down, listen to a sermon, and leave. If anything, it’s a nice break to eat cereal and sit in our pajamas while our pastor speaks. 

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How the Bible CLEARLY Teaches that the Earth is Flat

Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutes(Don’t worry, I haven’t gone crazy! This article was posted as an April Fool’s Day joke, so grab a snack and enjoy some weird theology.) It’s historical fact that the Bible and the culture around it rarely get along. As morals fail, the Bible stands firm. As the church makes compromises, the Bible remains uncompromised.

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Articles to help you during a quarantine with your spouse, your kids, and your own heart

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesSome people are loving their increased time at home. Others are struggling with the new dynamic. And if the humorous posts on social media are anything to go by, parents and spouses are driving each other nuts. I wanted to share some of my previous articles that will, I hope, give some perspective to those

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Working out my writing/recording schedule, plus the articles I’m working on

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m not sure anyone has been able to keep a normal schedule in the past week. While many are finding themselves with a surplus of time, I’ve actually been struggling to carve out times to write when I’m not exhausted. I typically get my best writing done when the kids are gone, and that’s been

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