by Pastor Ray Viola | Apr 15, 2025 | Selah
Today we begin a new series on the book of Ruth. This book is not so much about the woman for whom it isnamed, but it is about the typological portrayal of Jesus Christ, our Kinsman Redeemer and the Church’s Bridegroom. The story opens during a famine in the days of...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Apr 15, 2025 | Devotionals
I’m afraid that many Christians misunderstand the meaning of worship. The normal thought is that worship is singing to the Lord with adoration and thanksgiving. That can indeed be a part of what worship is, but it is far from a complete definition of worship. We have...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Apr 14, 2025 | Selah
While few of God’s children are called to live Christian lives that are as dramatic as Paul’s, we are all called to live what’s been named by some The Glorious Exchanged Life, which is this: Jesus died to save my soul, and now I die, to live for Him. Every follower of...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Apr 13, 2025 | Devotionals
Matthew 2:1-2 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. It...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Apr 12, 2025 | Devotionals
Matthew 19:16-24 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the...