by Ray Viola | Feb 7, 2025 | Special Occasions
1 Chron 29.9-12 Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all...
by Ray Viola | Feb 6, 2025 | Contemporary Christianity
Hebrews 13.12-14 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. It is clear...
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...