by Pastor Ray Viola | May 11, 2025 | Contemporary Christianity, Contemporary Issues
Titus 2:3-5 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet,...
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 9, 2025 | Contemporary Christianity, Contemporary Issues
Jesus came to seek and to save that which was lost, but what was the gospel that He commanded us to preach? Was it a message that God promises you health and wealth? Don’t need Jesus for that, friends. Join any health club, eat organic food, and attend a...
by Ray Viola | Feb 8, 2025 | Contemporary Christianity, Contemporary Issues
The fall season and a new school year are upon us. No matter how parents choose to educate their children, there are things that are necessary to be done to get ready. For one thing, school materials, books or electronic data needed for subjects being taken by their...
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...