by Ray Viola | Sep 11, 2025 | Contemporary Christianity
How do we deal with matters of differing convictions on non-salvation issues within the body of Christ? Before we even go there, we must make it very clear that there is no room for discussion when it comes to essential doctrines like the nature of God, or the deity...
by Ray Viola | Sep 10, 2025 | Devotionals
In Romans 12:9-13 we are challenged to put our faith into action within our own body of believers. In Romans 12:14-21 we are exhorted to take our faith outside the walls of the church and apply it towards our enemies and those who persecute us. It doesn’t take too...
by Ray Viola | Sep 9, 2025 | Devotionals
Paul says that, as God’s children (Romans 8:16), the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts (Romans 5:5). Did you ever ask yourself the question, “What does that love look like?” Well, it would be the height of arrogance to think that I can explain that in a...
by Ray Viola | Sep 8, 2025 | Devotionals
“Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, ‘Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.’ But He answered and said to them, ‘An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as...
by Ray Viola | Sep 7, 2025 | Devotionals
In chapter 5 of Revelation, we find one of 28 references to the “Lamb”, which of course is one of the many titles given to Our Lord Jesus Christ in Scripture. John sees Jesus in glory as a Lamb that had been slain (Revelation 5:6) from the foundation of the world...