by Ray Viola | Mar 26, 2025 | Contemporary Christianity
Acts 11:26 “And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught a great many people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.” It is NOT my...
by Ray Viola | Mar 25, 2025 | Devotionals
Song of Songs 1:3 “Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.” God’s Name is likened to both a sweet fragrance and ointment. Have you ever walked into a room that was filled...
by Ray Viola | Mar 23, 2025 | Devotionals
In answer to the disciples’ question about signs of the destruction of the Temple (which was fulfilled in 70 AD), and the end of the world, we have what is known as a near and far prophecy. My meditation today is not in particular about those prophecies per se,...
by Ray Viola | Mar 22, 2025 | Devotionals, On the way to church
The book of Acts records these parting words of Jesus Christ to His disciples; “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost...
by Ray Viola | Mar 21, 2025 | Devotionals, Prayer
We have scheduled three weeks of concerted prayer for the year 2014 in addition to the many prayer meetings we already have here at Koinonia each week. Why have done so? We are living in perilous times, and there is need for desperate prayers to express those...