Bob Burney was born and raised in southern California. A 1970 graduate of Bob Jones University, Bob received his ordination in the ministry in 1971. Bob also has a degree in Christian Education. In 1976, after serving as a youth minister in churches in Ohio and Kansas, Bob and his wife, Joy founded Calvary Bible Baptist Church in Westerville, OH, where they pastored until the year 2000. Radio has been a part of Bob's life since College. His relationship to Columbus, Ohio radio began in 1989 and he has hosted such programs as Victorious Living Today, Saturday Live, and since 2000, Bob Burney Live! In 2005 he was named Salem Communications National Talk Show Host Of The Year and was nominated by the National Association of Religious Broadcasters for Talk Show of The Year - designating the program as one of the top ten religious talk shows in America. Bob currently serves on the Board of Advisors for Pregnancy Decision Health Center and Citizens for Community Values and the Board of Directors of The Pastor's Retreat Network. He has also been appointed to the Ohio Governor's task force for Faith Based Initiatives. In 2000 Bob and Joy founded a ministry called Crosspower Ministries, where they travel across the country encouraging the church of today. Their ministry is founded on I Cor. 1:18. They are available for Retreats, Seminars etc. The Burneys have three adult children (two of whom are married) and four grandsons. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BobBurney http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BobBurney TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2012 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:16:00 GMT Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:16:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ It seems that American culture is having increasing trouble with a particular word. No one in government, few in the public square or even those in the pulpit dare utter this word. It grates on the sensibilities of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BobBurney/2011/07/11/the_problem_with_the_s_word! 2333df53-d0c7-4de5-9a4b-89c7141f55e0 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:16:00 GMT It was a long, slow, painful death. In the end, the patient pulled strongly on the plug and what little life was left exited the body with a tragic gasp. May the Presbyterian Church, USA rest in peace. But there will be... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BobBurney/2011/06/10/the_suicide_of_a_denomination ea7d14b3-8ab1-4d81-a8d8-6d40f8b1ac09 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:59:00 GMT In the year 1890 a German scientist named Friederich Golz performed an experiment on a number of dogs that involved the surgical removal of the neocortex of the animals brains. He was surprised that when the temporal... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BobBurney/2011/04/12/lobotomizing_god 4e7baa86-9362-46f3-8a9e-65c8c0c2c95d Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:31:00 GMT Well-known author Anne Rice has once again made international headlines. Having sold nearly 100 million books-it would seem that she's certainly worthy of some media attention. After writing for years on gothic and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BobBurney/2010/08/19/im_with_anne_rice_im_resigning_too fba06fe3-f0d3-4b59-ac52-f3d78be89774 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:01:00 GMT My wife and I were driving to dinner the other evening when a mini-van pulled beside us at a traffic light. It was dark and there was a "glow" emanating through the side windows. The kids were locked tightly in their... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BobBurney/2009/02/26/maybe_we_are_in_oz 4afec5f9-24b6-4ebe-8451-70290483ea17 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:30:11 GMT Every year for the past decade or so American Christians have found themselves embroiled in the "Battle for Christmas." Everyone knows that the secularists want all mention of Christ removed from public life and dis http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BobBurney/2008/12/05/announcing_a_new_movement! 0ea5d7cb-24f0-49c8-a610-ac41486a87df Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:11:46 GMT I was a little apprehensive about waking up on Wednesday morning. After all, America had willingly elected the most liberal president in our history. As I opened one eye, I turned to my wife who was slightly more awake... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BobBurney/2008/11/06/americas_problem_our_president_or_our_pulpits bb4f7464-4774-48ac-b055-3ac9f1417968 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:16:40 GMT Do you ever feel totally "whipped"? I mean tired, exhausted, strung out and empty? If you're a pastor or a Christian leader in any capacity, and you haven't felt that way, you're unlike any I've ever known. It comes... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BobBurney/2008/07/21/looking_for_rain 72df649c-5426-41f7-80b7-11f8d2eb0172 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:29:35 GMT Allow me to show you a couple of mental snapshots. First imagine a picture of a family in a modern SUV. Mom and dad up front with three kids in the back, safely secured with their seat belts on. That's snapshot number... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BobBurney/2008/06/20/same-sex_marriage_and_immoral_suvs 28365c3b-d479-493d-a1a0-5efe22bb7151 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:19:30 GMT Drive into Mt. Vernon, Ohio and it's like a step back into history. The city, founded in 1805, is anchored by a city square straight out of an old post card or possibly a Norman Rockwell painting. There's the requisite... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BobBurney/2008/05/21/a_battle_over_a_bible_for_a_teacher_and_a_nation d4a586e1-7c7a-43a1-ab1c-2c6247999d3e Wed, 21 May 2008 18:22:43 GMT Remember the old cliché, "Just when you think you've heard it all ..."? Well, you haven't until you've heard this. I honestly thought the corporations that print today's bibles had finally exhausted all of the possibl http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BobBurney/2008/03/05/keep_your_green_thumb_off_my_bible! b210b1c5-1fd0-459e-b1d7-155779aa6d80 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:55:14 GMT The big "buzz" in the American religious community is the recently released report from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. In the secular and Christian media alike the results were being trumpeted as "shocking,"... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BobBurney/2008/02/29/will_evangelicalism_go_the_way_of_mainline_protestantism 366a4b67-3964-44d5-9188-4ff09f6c92ee Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:49:25 GMT George Barna, the beloved Christian pollster, recently announced to the world in his book "Revolution" that the institutional church was dead. That was not a problem, however, because Barna also announced a "New... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BobBurney/2008/02/20/dancing_on_the_grave_of_the_church 7dbae7bf-24a7-4faa-b754-e0e7b746dd04 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:43:47 GMT What has happened to the simple principle of telling the truth? That question should be posed to the Mormon community. I'm not an expert on anything-but I do know a little bit about Mormonism-or, as they prefer to be... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BobBurney/2007/12/19/mormons_a_plea_for_candid_truth_telling f2b1cf0e-ec31-4630-803b-ee97bd1b3571 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:42:35 GMT As this column goes to press, hundreds of presumably Muslim protestors in Sudan are shouting for the execution of a British school teacher. Her offense? Insulting Islam because her class of 7-year-olds named a teddy... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BobBurney/2007/12/05/christianity_and_islam_how_common_is_the_ground 7f2d8ab8-1e49-474a-b546-807d18880aca Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:36:14 GMT