Blog, Podcast, YouTube, and Books by Ray Burns
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutes As Christians, our life and citizenship isn’t here. We aren’t waiting for our best lives now in a broken world so completely drenched in sin. We await a new Heaven and Earth, made as perfect as this was before the Fall. We look forward to our glorified bodies, free from death and frailty. We look […]
Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutes (This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) God has gifted all of us uniquely. Some are naturally calm and peaceful, while others can demonstrate patience and mercy that practically defies logic. One may have incredible self-control, while another demonstrates
Do You Lack a “Fruit of the Spirit”? 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.) The Golden Rule is known all around the world. The idea of using what we want from others to measure how we treat people is used in families, schools, and even in
“Therefore” and the Golden Rule Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutes Josh Harris is a former pastor best known for his book “I Kissed Dating Goodbye.” Through that book the lesser-known idea of courtship, and the importance of purity, was reintroduced to the world. Yet in recent years Josh has shown a steady departure from his book, finally announcing that he has abandoned the Christian faith.
Thoughts on Josh Harris and Salvation Read More »
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 Google podcast app.) Over the past 4 years, I think it’s safe to say I’ve become acquainted with pain. On the popular 0-10 Pain Scale used in the medical field, I spend the majority of
3 Ways to Pray for Someone in Pain Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutes There’s nothing that keeps a parent awake at night like the fear of their child’s eternal destiny. So often, and so easily, we will see our unsaved child and find all the ways we’ve failed them. If we’d just done this or hadn’t said that, they might be serving God today. The goal of this
Finding Comfort When Your Child Isn’t Saved 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 Android podcast app.) We all find moments where we love sin more than God. Our broken world is constantly encouraging us to indulge in these desires, insisting they’re good because they make us happy. Yet
Don’t Waste Your Temptation Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutes Our words have a profound impact on our relationship with our spouse. Not just the words we say to them, but the things we say about them. What we say about our spouse tells everyone who they truly are. It tells our spouse how they measure up, it tells other people what to think of
Speak Well of Your Spouse Read More »
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.) The gospel is equal parts liberating and offensive. When we realize the depths of our own sin, we find freedom in Christ offering the gift of salvation, free of any requirements on
3 Reasons Legalism Is So Appealing Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutes The best piece of advice I can give to new parents is “Consider what sort of adult you’re creating right now.” It’s easy to focus on surviving the terrible 2s, adolescence, and pre-teen years, but before we know it we’ll have a fully-formed human being capable of adult thoughts and actions, trying to find their
Introducing “My Family” series Read More »