by Ray Viola | Jan 8, 2022 | Contemporary Christianity
1 Chronicles 29:14-17 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our...
by Ray Viola | Dec 30, 2021 | Contemporary Christianity
With so many evangelical voices today, it can become quite confusing in determining how God intends me to respond. We have (and deeply need) ministries that zero in on families, prayer, singles, prisons, the unsaved, discipleship, and so forth. Each one is indeed both...
by Ray Viola | Dec 27, 2021 | Contemporary Christianity
Jesus Christ has set before us two invitations in Scripture. The first is the call to salvation, Come to Me. The objective of God the Holy Ghost is to make you and me disciples of Jesus Christ. We are to put on the Lord Jesus Christ, imitate Him, think like Him. If we...
by Ray Viola | Dec 24, 2021 | Contemporary Christianity
I was reading Colossians 3:2 and, as is so often the case when I study the Scriptures, I ran across an interesting translation of this verse. The King James Version reads, Set your affection on things above. However, the Greek meaning in a literal sense is to interest...
by Ray Viola | Dec 11, 2021 | Contemporary Christianity
Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. The yoke of Jesus destroys every yoke of bondage. Isaiah wrote that the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing (Isaiah 10:27)....
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...