Blog, Podcast, YouTube, and Books by Ray Burns
Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutesWhen tragedy strikes, we have several Bible verses we like to quote to bring comfort to ourselves and others. A popular one Christians like to use is “God won’t give you more than you can handle.” And while the Bible does use those words, the self-empowerment we try to gain from that verse often falls […]
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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 Android device) No matter how you spin it, salvation isn’t fair. On one hand, many feel it’s unfair that some go to Heaven while others don’t simply because Christians responded to the gospel. On the
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Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutes[This is also available on YouTube and a podcast on your favorite Apple or Google app] When watching people debate homosexuality and the Bible, it’s inevitable that certain parts of the Bible will be used by each side. For those who believe that homosexuality is compatible with what is taught in the New Testament, Galatians
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Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minutePatreon collects donations on the first of every month. If you’ve prayerfully considered supporting this ministry for the month of October, click the Patreon button at the bottom of this page now! We’re currently at $41 of support, and I’d love to see us hit a nice round $50. But even can just give $1,
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Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutesAs Christians, what we believe to be true puts us against the vast majority of the world. Everyone believes something about truth, yet few have the God of the universe as their source of discovering it. That’s why we need to be ready to answer questions not only about sin and salvation but about everything
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Approximate Reading Time: 9 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) Take a moment and ask yourself this question: what is the goal of a parent? That’s no simple question because the answer is rooted in our worldview. For any parent willing to
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Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutesLooking up to believers in our lives isn’t always a bad thing, but it can be. Last week we looked at how the strengths of other believers are a blessing and encouragement to us. However, our sinful hearts can take the blessing of having mature believers in our lives and make it about us, stirring
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Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteOctober’s window is closing! If you’ve considered supporting this ministry in the month of October, you have about 1 week left to click that Patreon button. Donations are collected at the first of each month, and right now any extra support will go toward my first Facebook ad campaign. Donate today so we can encourage
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Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutes“Wow, you guys must like board games” is a phrase I hear any time someone enters our home for the first time. Greeting anyone entering the front door is a whole bookshelf of board games, and even more tucked in a corner next to it. Of course their suspicions are confirmed if they enter my
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Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesMany of us have “that Christian” in our lives. They’ve been saved for decades, perhaps even as long as we have, and their knowledge and passion for God is at a level we could never obtain. We feel a sense of admiration for them, but also a tinge of jealousy because we want to be
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