by Pastor Ray Viola | Mar 21, 2024 | Contemporary Christianity
As we continue our study regarding our oneness in Christ, we can never underscore enough that our oneness is really only in Christ. In a day and age when many men strive to “make a name” for themselves, you and I find both our oneness and individual identity in the...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Mar 20, 2024 | Devotionals
Luke 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; Jesus concluded Luke chapter 17 with a discourse on the last days and the fact that He would be coming again. And He likened the last days to the days of Noah;...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Mar 19, 2024 | Mark
Mark 4:26-27 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. Jesus likens the growth in the kingdom of God to a farmer who plants...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Mar 18, 2024 | Devotionals
God instructed the nation of Israel to make a blue fringe, or tassel, on the borders of their garments. (Num 15:38) Blue is a color that reminds us of heaven. How important it is for us to remind ourselves daily that heaven is our home, and on this earth, we roam as...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Mar 16, 2024 | Contemporary Christianity
The church is called, among other things, the body of Christ. Just as we have one body, there is only one body of Christ. The body of Christ, though one body, has many members. We must never lose sight of that Biblical truth. This body, the Church, is the bride for...