by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 28, 2023 | Contemporary Issues
What power there is in the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ! In His cross there is the power of God unto salvation (Romans 1:16,17). In His cross there is the power of God that enables us to walk in newness of life (Romans 6:4, 7:6). How different the cross is in the...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 24, 2023 | Contemporary Issues
There are only two paths in life that a person may be on. One is the path of life through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. This is the walk in the Spirit which benefits others and glorifies Jesus. The other is the walk after the flesh, which takes advantage of others,...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 1, 2023 | Contemporary Issues, Marriage
“And The LORD God said, ‘It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.’ Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 15, 2023 | Contemporary Issues
I don’t know about you, but at times I’ve got a tendency to try to “force” the hand of God to act. I confess that there are those periods in my life when I’m not so thrilled about the Lord’s timing. Of course, when the dust of my emotion clears, and I read the...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jul 26, 2023 | Contemporary Issues
2 Peter 3:11-13 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jul 17, 2023 | Contemporary Issues
The Bible teaches that God created the visible, material universe “ex nihilo” or “out of nothing.”. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” All life and life forms as we see them today were created by Jehovah Elohim (Hebrew for “LORD God”). Recently,...