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.

Faith Lessons from the Fig Tree (Moment #6 from “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days”)

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. 21:20-22, Mk. 11:20-25 People want a faith that moves mountains so they can accomplish everything their heart desires. They want to have such faith that nothing […]

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Cleansing the Temple (Moment #5 from “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days”)

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. In another confusing scene, the typically calm Jesus enters the temple in Jerusalem and tears the place apart. Just as people love to think that Jesus got mad at a fig

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How to Supply Your Spiritual Maturity [podcast]

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesListen on Apple, Android, or Spotify. Watch it on YouTube. Join my monthly supporters: www.Patreon.com/OnwardintheFaith One-time donations: PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/OnwardintheFaith?locale.x=en_US Venmo https://account.venmo.com/u/Ray-Burns-6 What a difference a word makes. 2 Peter 1:5 says that we must supply a variety of spiritual disciplines. Does that mean our spiritual maturity is a result of our personal strength? Do we

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Cursing the Fig Tree (Moment #4 from “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days”)

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. 21:18-19, Mk. 11:12-14 One time, Jesus was hungry and got really mad at a tree.  Now in the morning, when He was returning to the city,

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Jesus Weeps Over Jerusalem (Moment #3 from “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days”)

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: Lk. 19:41-44 Outside of Jerusalem, the crowd excitedly received Jesus as a prophet. However, Jesus was more than a prophet and even more than just a man.

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Living As a Doulos: Embracing Your Identity in Christ [YouTube Video]

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteJoin my monthly supporters: www.Patreon.com/OnwardintheFaith One-time donations: PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/OnwardintheFaith?locale.x=en_US Venmo https://account.venmo.com/u/Ray-Burns-6 Your Bible calls you a “servant of Jesus Christ.” We all have ideas about what that means, but what does God mean when He says that? How was this word understood 2,000 years ago, and how does that impact how we live today? Join

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Shouts of “Hosanna!” (Moment #2 from “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days”)

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. 21:8-11, Mk. 11:8-11, Lk 19:36-40 We want Jesus to win. We want people to love Him as much as we do and be in awe of

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Living for Jesus in Satan’s World (Understanding Satan #5) [Podcast Episode #132]

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteSubscribe and listen on your Apple or Android device, or watch it on YouTube! You’re not crazy, I accidentally released these out of order. Join my monthly supporters: www.Patreon.com/OnwardintheFaith One-time donations: PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/OnwardintheFaith?locale.x=en_US Venmo https://account.venmo.com/u/Ray-Burns-6 Living for Jesus requires Christians to know what is good, but also to be aware of what is evil. Yet

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