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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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Exploring Popular Verses About Satan (Understanding Satan #6) [Episode #131]

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesSubscribe and listen on your Apple or Android device, or watch it on YouTube! Get caught up with the series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhAgDhmgBNM&list=PL5oAvNLE5030_XWDG9oWCKfB4aMbXMUbh&index=1&t=0s Join my monthly supporters: www.Patreon.com/OnwardintheFaith One-time donations: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/OnwardintheFaith Venmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/Ray-Burns-6 We did it! This rounds out my lengthy discussion on who Satan really is and what he can do. Although I can’t dig

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To Jerusalem on a Donkey (Moment #1 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. 21:1-7, Mk. 11:1-6, Lk. 19:28-35 The life of Jesus is marked by the unexpected. For all the assumptions Israel made about their future Savior, the perfect

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Bethel’s False Gospel and Other Issues (Exploring the Worship Music Debate #3)

Approximate Reading Time: 44 minutes[Note: This article is a work in progress. I will update it as time allows, but I want to help people see that the greatest danger of Bethel Church is their false gospel, while all other issues are symptoms of that false teaching.] After looking at the broad issues surrounding churches using music from Bethel,

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How Do I Grow in Spiritual Maturity? (2 Peter 1:5-8) [video]

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesJoin 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. 1 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 need to figure out strategies to be more self-controlled or

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