by Pastor Ray Viola | Apr 17, 2024 | Contemporary Issues, Marriage
“… And a three-fold cord is not quickly broken.” (Ecclesiastes 4:12) In Ephesians 5, we find a beautiful picture of a Christian marriage. One man and one woman, filled with the Holy Spirit, “submitting to one another in the fear of God.” Thus, if we are encountering...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Apr 8, 2024 | Contemporary Issues
Despite all of the alleged scientific language hype we hear today, the theory of evolution (which really isn’t scientific) is only an excuse for man not to believe in the existence of God. In a nutshell, evolution teaches that matter working with matter over billions...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Apr 3, 2024 | Contemporary Issues
War in the Middle East, drug overdoses and alcoholism on the rise, pornography everywhere …..certainly our world is in a state of perplexity. Mankind is looking for answers. Is there any hope for mankind? The Bible says that there is. 1 Timothy 1:1 tells us that Jesus...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Feb 23, 2024 | Contemporary Issues
Each one of us can count on the LORD to supply the strength we need day by day. Therefore, let us walk upon those high places of worship and fellowship with the Lord each and every day. The Bible tells us what the last days will be like on earth, and we certainly can...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 25, 2024 | Contemporary Issues
Proverbs 21:31 tells us that “safety is of the LORD.” I might add that there is only true safety in the LORD. However, there is a counterfeit safety too. The end-times message of antichrist is one of “peace and safety”. By contrast, David humbly prayed to God, “Hold...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 23, 2024 | Contemporary Christianity, Contemporary Issues
In our efforts to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ, let us never allow our intellect to interfere with the “sword of the Spirit,” the living Word of God. There can be an intellectual approach taken in evangelism that makes “the cross of Christ…of no effect.”...