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...
by Ray Viola | Dec 5, 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 4, 2021 | Contemporary Christianity
Scripture directs our attention to only one Rock, and that Rock is Jesus Christ. Indeed, as David wrote, “The LORD is my Rock”. Who is God, except the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?” May we always remember that all Christian music...
by Ray Viola | Dec 3, 2021 | Contemporary Issues, Prophecy
The prophet Daniel (in chapter nine), when praying for the restoration of his people after years of captivity, acknowledges the true owner of the city Jerusalem in verse. Jerusalem is God’s city and is a key piece of Bible prophecy. The first coming of Jesus...
by Ray Viola | Dec 2, 2021 | Contemporary Issues
We live in a nation whose values are twisted and unbiblical. This is revealed so plainly by the things that we are impressed by, or the people we are impressed with. The lesson that the prophet Samuel learned is a basic one for the disciple of Jesus Christ, namely,...