by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 28, 2023 | Devotionals
Scripture directs our attention to only one Rock, and that Rock is Jesus Christ. Indeed, as David wrote, “The LORD is my Rock”. Who is God, except the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?” May we always remember that all Christian music should be “Rock music”,...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 27, 2023 | Devotionals, Titles of God
Thirty times in Scripture, God reveals Himself as “the living God”. Fifteen times, in fact, in each Testament. When He uses the word “living” to describe Himself, He is conveying to us that He is active in the present tense or, simply put, “I...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 26, 2023 | Devotionals, Titles of God
For the next month we will be looking at various titles ascribed to God. Of course there is no need to review the Biblical truth that these Three – Father, Son, and Spirit – are One. The Hebrew in Genesis 1:1 and Deut 6:4 bears this out because the term...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 25, 2023 | Devotionals
During Communion we gather together to remember the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ on Calvary as the Lamb of God. Just as Israel was delivered from their bondage in Egypt by the blood of the lamb sprinkled over the doorpost, you and I, through faith in the Lord...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 24, 2023 | Contemporary Christianity
When Paul and Silas taught in the synagogue in Berea, the Scriptures tell us that the listeners received the word with all readiness of mind, but then they searched the Scriptures daily to see whether the things that were taught them were Biblically correct (Acts...