Blog, Podcast, YouTube, and Books by Ray Burns
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesDeath hurts. I’m not talking about the act of dying but the loss of someone you love when they die. It hurts when you lose someone. There is a swirling of emotions that we often describe as emptiness, loss, sadness, grief, etc. These feelings often impact us so much that it feels as if our […]
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Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Android podcast app.) There is little else sure to divide people than the issue of abortion. There are those who insist that every life is worth protecting, even the unborn. Others believe that the thing
Scientifically Human (Is a Baby Just a Fetus? Part 1) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesI write this after an interesting experience with my 2 year old, Anna. Her older sister has a bracelet-making kit shaped like a briefcase that Anna wanted to play with, but was told not to open. I knew she would disobey, but watching her sin nature reveal itself displayed a lot about our own sinfulness.
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Approximate Reading Time: 11 minutesAfter discussing Islam last week, it’s probably a good idea to pause before venturing into other religions to discuss our own. It’s beneficial to know what others believe, but we need to be able to hold other beliefs against our own to see where, and why, we differ. So let’s take a brief look at
What Do Protestants Believe? Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutes50 image. 5 questions. 1 meaningful discussion. Soularium (iOS, Android) is an app that allows groups to use images to promote discussion about how we view ourselves, God, and our life with Him. It’s simple to use, yet from that simplicity, we can get to know one another on a deeper, more intimate level. How
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Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) When we don’t fully understand how God revealed Himself in the Old Testament, we can get a very warped view of Him. He’s often painted as an almighty dictator waiting to pour
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Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen faced with the reality of our sin, we become overwhelmed with how depraved we really are. The more we see God’s holiness, the greater we feel the weight of our own wickedness. There are some, whether saved or on the brink of salvation, who feel that their sin is just too much for God
Are You Too Sinful for God to Forgive? Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 11 minutesThis is the first article in our series that explores the beliefs of different religions. The goal here is not to fully explain Islam, but to give readers enough understanding of its origins and beliefs to present the gospel to a Muslim. Let’s start with a general overview of the religion, see how they answer
What Do Muslims Believe? Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesThere are books that we remember encouraging us. Others may open our minds to a new way to consider the world. Then there are the rare few that so completely shake us that we are forever changed. I don’t have many books that fit the last category, but the book “Gospel Treason” by Brad Bigney
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Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutesFalling in love has become a strange thing. We can spend years drawing someone’s name in notebooks, feeling our heart pound when their name appears on our phone, and fantasizing about spending a lifetime together. For some, that love doesn’t last. Almost without warning our love for them stops growing, begins fading, and in time
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