by Ray Viola | Jul 18, 2022 | Devotionals
The faith that is given to us as Christians is more than empty words. Israel had all of the religious routine (and then some) down pat, but it was lip service only. Jesus used the religious Pharisees as an example of how not to pray, fast or give unto the Lord!...
by Ray Viola | Mar 2, 2022 | Contemporary Christianity
One evening I was watching a Gayle Erwin video on the nature of Jesus. In that particular section he was pointing out things that our modern church has that the early church didn’t have. Likewise, he listed things that we both have in common. Think that through...
by Ray Viola | Feb 16, 2022 | Contemporary Issues
Psalm 46:4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. This passage of Scripture reminds us that divine grace and help flows like a river to the people of God. This river of life is the...
by Ray Viola | Jan 10, 2022 | Devotionals
Almost one-third of the books in the Bible mention a yoke and often the reference is figurative or symbolic, necessitating the knowledge that a literal yoke is a wooden frame, fitted across the neck of two animals, that joins them together. Man, by birth, is yoked to...
by Ray Viola | Dec 29, 2021 | Devotionals
Psalm 104:29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Where does all life come from? “Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, seeing He giveth to all life, and...