by Ray Viola | Feb 5, 2025 | Contemporary Christianity
One of the unfortunate dilemmas in the Church today is the current trend in methodology on “how to” do church effectively. We gather our population spread sheets and combine them with secular surveys of what people are looking for, and then tailor our church buildings...
by Ray Viola | Feb 4, 2025 | Contemporary Christianity, Devotionals
Heb 10.25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some [is]; but exhorting [one another]: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Secular society is at war with God. John calls the spirit of this world...
by Ray Viola | Feb 3, 2025 | Devotionals
There are those unmistakable places in Scripture where God, in His providence and design, empowers certain individuals to perform incredible things as a display of His glory and power. Such was true of the 10 plagues that God performed through Moses in the book of...
by Ray Viola | Feb 2, 2025 | Devotionals
Rom 5.1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. What a wonderful truth we have in our text this morning. We are justified by faith and have peace with God through Our Lord Jesus Christ. Once again we see that the...
by Ray Viola | Jan 31, 2025 | Devotionals, Who is Jesus?
When Jesus went to the synagogue in Nazareth (Luke 4:16-24), the Scripture tells us that it as the sabbath day or day of rest for the Jews. On this particular sabbath, Jesus stood up and read from the scroll of the prophet Isaiah 61:1,2. It was then that He made the...