Blog, Podcast, YouTube, and Books by Ray Burns
Approximate Reading Time: 14 minutes One incredible thing about being alive today is the amount of valuable material created by Christians who came before us. Those Christians who had the same Holy Spirit living inside them devoted their lives to learning, studying, and teaching the word of God. Today, we have the blessing of standing on their shoulders, building upon […]
3 Ways to Use a Commentary in Your Daily Bible Reading Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 12 minutes (This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) My previous article dug into why the Qanon conspiracy theories, more than any other theory, seem to sweep Christians into its bad Bible interpretation and extreme beliefs. However, the topic of conspiracy
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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.) Conspiracy theories are sneaky things. We’re all convinced we could never be duped by the crazy theories about Elvis still being alive, JFK being an alien, or the moon landing being faked.
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Approximate Reading Time: 9 minutes Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1) While the first example was best seen in the Prosperity Gospel, a high reliance on emotion and experience can be best seen with the Charismatic Movement. Charismatics can take on many forms, but the general experience involves a
3 Ways We Treat Christ As a Spectacle (Part 2 – Experiences and Emotion) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutes Now Herod was very glad when he saw Jesus; for he had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had been hearing about Him and was hoping to see some sign performed by Him. (Luke 23:8) Christ’s earthly ministry was marked by people who believed He existed, even believed in His supernatural
3 Ways We Treat Christ As a Spectacle (Part 1 – Feeding Our Greed)) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 11 minutes (This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) (If you haven’t yet, check out Part 1 of this discussion) Due to the length of this article, I’m splitting it into two parts and adding a table of contents below so
Answering questions and criticisms from my prophecy article (Part 2) 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 Bible is a living, breathing collection of books with all kinds of writing styles, written at various points in time, each with a specific purpose in mind. God gave us this
Why You Should Own a Bible Without Verse Numbers Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutes Last time, I did a high overview of how we got our 66 books of the Bible. The common theme was that books weren’t necessarily chosen over others, but were instead recognized for their clear authority and inspiration. We concluded that we have confidence in the authority of those 66 books because there’s no doubt
How Did We Get the 66 Books of the Bible? Why Do Some Bibles Have More Books? Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 9 minutes (This topic was chosen by one of my generous donors on Patreon. Click here to join others in supporting this ministry every month.) It’s easy to imagine that everyone has always agreed about what belongs in the Bible. Anyone who grew up in a church that wasn’t Catholic may have never heard of any books
How Did We Get the 66 Books of the Bible? Why Do Some Bibles Have More Books? (Part 1) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute After my last episode, there were several things I really wanted to cover, but had to cut for sake of time. So enjoy this bonus episode where I tackle 3 ways we misunderstand what the Bible is so that we can better understand what it’s saying.
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