by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 26, 2025 | Selah
Secular and worldly philosophies comprise the efforts of fallen men to determine, apart from the Scriptures, the ultimate causes in the earth and the universe. They seek to answer questions like, how did the universe come about? Why was I born? What is my purpose in...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 25, 2025 | Selah
Paul was a man that had a shepherd’s heart. He was driven by the love of Christ, as well as a God-given concern for the spiritual welfare of the saints in Colossae, Laodicea and for those who had never met him. Paul prayed that these believers would be knit together...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 24, 2025 | Selah
Striving for Christian maturity doesn’t mean endlessly working to make ourselves better. On the cross, Christ bore all our wicked immaturity so that, through faith, we might be clothed in His perfect maturity. True Christian maturity, then, is about learning to enjoy...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 23, 2025 | Selah
Have you ever wondered what it means to truly grow in your faith? Every believer is called to strive for Christian maturity—a life marked by knowledge of God’s will, fruitfulness, overflowing joy in Him, and an unwavering fixation on Christ above all else. But here is...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 22, 2025 | Selah
Christians have overcome the devil by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. Christians have been delivered from Satan’s domain. The key verbs are in the past tense, because it is a fact that your salvation has already been accomplished, if you have...