
The Burning Word is a podcast hosted by pastor-theologian John Perrine that invites you to return to the Word in order to encounter God again. Each series of the podcast will explore a book of the Bible with a burning question, in order to experience not just more doctrine or information, but a genuine encounter with the living God. Along the way, the podcast will wrestle with questions of cultura... more
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 21 | Founded | 8 months ago |
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| Categories | ChristianityReligion & Spirituality | ||||

This whole series on James I’ve been wrestling with this question. “But what about the person who is disillusioned with this whole thing?”
I know, I know, such a response feels a little burned out. I know there are some who get all revved up and ex... more
So my friends will tell you I am obsessed with time.
I don’t know when this fascination began… though I know at even an early age, each birthday I would experience felt weighty and full of significance.
“I am 16 today. I will only ever be 16 for ... more
One of my favorite quotes on the power of language comes from the Jewish thinker and philosopher Abraham Heschel.
Heschel is one of those “blow your hair back” kind of writers. Though he lived in the 20th century, in the wake of the horrors of the ... more
When I was about 20 years old, I happened to pick up Søren Kierkegaard’s justly famous work Fear and Trembling. In it, he pairs the verse from the Apostle Paul in Philippians, “continue to work out your faith with fear and trembling.” (Philippians 2:... more
The initial idea of the Burning Word was always to return to the actual Bible itself, in order to explore how this complex, ancient Word from God continues to breathe and speak to the equally complex and strange culture we find ourselves in.
I’m th... more
One of the most perplexing challenges for any follower of Jesus is how to hear what God’s word is actually saying - both to them personally and more broadly to us communally and culturally today.
The problem for most of us is that we begin with a r... more
As I was mapping out this series of video essays, I had a prompt from someone that I should, for at least one of the episodes, simply keep things simple and write a prayer.
I love a well worded prayer.
The Psalms of course demonstrate the power i... more
So one of the challenges I’m always wrestling through is what to keep and what to throw away when it comes to my background, upbringing, and the various versions and iterations of Christian faith I’ve both attempted and experienced across the years. ... more
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