by Billy Burns | Sep 12, 2025 | God's Promises, God's Supernatural Power, God's Word, Holy Spirit Filled Believers, Miracles, New Testament Christianity
Here’s a simple truth to ponder for the next few days. I’ll be up front and tell you that this thought didn’t originate with me. Its source is Jesus. Here’s the truth — “These signs will follow those who believe ….” I don’t even need to complete the thought. You’ve...
by Billy Burns | Aug 8, 2025 | Children's Ministry, God's Supernatural Power, New Testament Christianity, The Holy Spirit, The Word, Walk of the Spirit, Youth Ministry
Many years ago, I heard the story of a group of pastors who were debating the merits of different Bible translations. One pastor told his peers that he always used the King James Version in his preaching because of its richness in conveying God’s Word. Another pastor...
by Billy Burns | Aug 1, 2025 | God's Supernatural Power, New Testament Christianity, The Baptism in the Holy Spirit, Walk of the Spirit
Some blog postings require sentence after sentence and paragraph after paragraph in order to share my thoughts. Here’s a thought that only takes a few words. It’s taken from a brief quote from one of my favorite preachers, Leonard Ravenhill. “I’m sick and tired of...
by Billy Burns | May 30, 2025 | Children's Ministry, God's Supernatural Power, New Testament Christianity, The Holy Spirit
One of the highlights of the school day for most Kindergarten and first-grade children is the Show and Tell activity. I’m sure that you can recall your excitement as a child when, in Show and Tell, you stood in front of the classroom with an item brought from home,...
by Billy Burns | Mar 21, 2025 | God's Supernatural Power, Holy Spirit Filled Believers, New Testament Christianity, The Holy Spirit
The truth be known—once you’ve worked in any form of children’s ministry for any period of time, you are hopelessly, helplessly, forever and a day thinking of things through that lens. For example, walking through Walmart or Target’s toy department...
by Billy Burns | Mar 14, 2025 | God's Supernatural Power, God's Word, New Testament Christianity
Several years ago, I read this powerful quote in Howard M. Ervin’s These Are Not Drunken As Ye Suppose – “Truth divorced from experience must always dwell in the realm of a doubt.” Go ahead and read it again, possibly a third time. To me,...
