by Pastor Ray Viola | Feb 5, 2023 | Contemporary Christianity, Contemporary Issues
One powerful principle in the kingdom of God is the principle of submission, which we see throughout Scripture. We see it taught in marriage, as it pertains to government, work, and in the local church. All Christians are called to live a life of submission in the...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 14, 2023 | Contemporary Issues
As we have been studying Jesus’ teaching on signs leading up to His return, I’m sure that we have been challenged to walk closer to Him. A word that is used in Scripture that could label the kind of faith needed for these last days is fervent. Paul tells the church at...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 7, 2023 | Contemporary Christianity, Contemporary Issues
By a ‘submissive husband’ I mean a husband who is submitted to the Lord Jesus Christ. When a person truly submits to Christ, he or she will be submissive to His Word. Thus, for a Christian couple to be submitted to God requires both husband and wife to be submissive...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 6, 2023 | Contemporary Christianity, Contemporary Issues
Marriage, as designed by God and revealed in Scripture, is not a power struggle or the ‘Battle of the Sexes.’ The marriage union is a covenant relationship that is entered into by both a man and a woman in the sight of God. There are distinct role differences in a...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 1, 2022 | Contemporary Christianity, Contemporary Issues
How sad for us human beings that it often takes a tragedy to get our priorities right. Haven’t you found after some tragic event that things that you and I thought were very important have become insignificant? What is our purpose on earth? What is really important?...
by Ray Viola | Oct 19, 2022 | Contemporary Issues
Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Acts 7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their...