by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 2, 2025 | Selah
Spirit-filled saints of the early Church, personally and congregationally carried out their faith with a holy boldness that could not be stopped. Remarkably, a vast majority of them (including the apostles) were considered by the religious “elite” of the day as being...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 1, 2025 | Selah
Today’s message begins a verse-by-verse study of the book of Acts, which describes the birth of the Church, and it also contains a historical account of its day-in, day-out operation. Moreover, the book of Acts tells us how the Lord spread the Gospel of Jesus...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 1, 2025 | Devotionals
As we begin this New Year, in a world that is forever changing, one thing that we know for sure is that our God never changes (Malachi 3:6). The Jesus that we read about in Scripture is the same mighty Master for us today as He was 2,000 years ago (Hebrews 13:8)....
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 31, 2024 | Selah
When Haggai wrote of the desire of all nations, he was prophesying about Jesus Christ. Whether people realize it or not, He is the ultimate desire of every human being. Sadly, Jesus is not the desire of this fallen world system or of those whom it has deceived, which...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 30, 2024 | Selah
When the people of God began to build the new Temple, they compared its modest size with Solomon’s great and glorious Temple. They could not see how this new Temple could have any significance in comparison with the previous one, but God disagreed with their...