Blog, Podcast, YouTube, and Books by Ray Burns
Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutesWriters in the English-speaking world love having codified rules for writing. Those rules give us an absolute way of writing something correctly. Even if you don’t know the all the rules you can usually tell when someone is breaking them! Yet if you’re exposed to Christian writers long enough, you may notice they don’t always […]
Capitalizing God’s Pronouns Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesParents, let’s be honest for a moment. Our kids have some catchy music available to them, but nothing is worse than finding ourselves humming “The Wheels on the Bus” around other adults. I want to introduce you to some kids’ music that they can sing throughout the day, and it will actually help them and
Seeds Family Worship (music recommendation) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutesTraditions tend to get a pass when we grow up with them. As Christians, we’re called to live in the world without being part of it (John 15:19), which often means not jumping off a bridge just because our friends are doing it. Is Easter, with its mix of Easter bunnies and a risen savior,
Is Easter a Pagan Holiday? Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat is our purpose in life? There are few questions that keep people awake as much as this. We wake up, we work, we enjoy what time we have left afterwards, then we prepare to do it again tomorrow. It can all feel so meaningless. Yet for the Christian, we are meant for a life
Don’t Waste Your Life (book) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) This is a phrase you’ll see repeated often throughout this blog. The question is one of utmost importance for each Christian to answer. It’s easy for us to say what we believe,
Why Do You Believe What You Believe? Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesThere are thousands of topics we could discuss regarding the Bible, politics, ethics, and a general Christian worldview. If God allows, we’ll do just that on this blog! But sometimes we all want a quick rundown of a topic. Rather than needing enough content to make us experts on a topic, it’s sometimes preferable to
The One Minute Apologist (YouTube) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutesAs a word nerd, it’s fascinating to see how language develops over time. Our vocabulary is filled with words whose original meanings have been lost to time. Something awful would fill us with awe. Meat was a broad term for “solid food.” And for Christians, worship is fast becoming a term that means little more
Don’t (Just) Worship on Sunday Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutesWe are defined by how we make others feel. Poor word choice between two people can lead to shattered relationships without a single clarifying question being asked. Celebrities have to put out fires because they didn’t word something perfectly on Twitter. The intent behind words is often meaningless as long as those words sounded offensive.
Reading the Bible Well – More than a Feeling Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Movie I Never Want to Watch Again but Encourage Everyone to Go See This past week my wife and I went to watch the new movie Unplanned. We were invited by Agape Pregnancy Center who rented out the movie theater to show it to supporters of their ministry. Unplanned is a true story about
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesHave you signed up for our mailing list yet? It will be one of the best ways to keep up with us as time goes on, so consider taking a moment to sign up! You can fill in the form to the right (or bottom of the screen on mobile), or read more about the
April 1st, the day to ignore all news Read More »