by Ray Viola | Dec 10, 2021 | Devotionals
The primary message of Christmas is this: God is with us. Isaiah 7:14 tells us, “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” Immanuel means, “God is with us.” Jesus is...
by Ray Viola | Dec 9, 2021 | Devotionals
Isaiah 3:8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings [are] against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory. Everything about The Lord is glorious. His Name and His glory are one and the same. The holiness of God is...
by Ray Viola | Dec 8, 2021 | Devotionals
Isaiah 2:22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of? Man is a created being. We are made in the image of God. Christians were created and redeemed to be light bearers of the image and glory of God. But the best of men...
by Ray Viola | Dec 7, 2021 | Devotionals
A common misunderstanding about the resurrection of the dead exists today, both in and outside the church. That is, that there is going to be one general, all-encompassing resurrection of the dead and then a final judgment. Is there going to be a bodily...
by Ray Viola | Dec 6, 2021 | Contemporary Christianity
Why pray to Mary when you can go right to Jesus? Sounds pretty simple, doesn’t it? Sadly for some, tradition has made the work of God of no effect. Religious traditions have a way of mesmerizing their adherents. For example, in the Catholic church Mary is...