by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 28, 2025 | Selah
God does not like it when leaders within His Church misrepresent Him, especially when they do it for personal gain. Sound doctrine and spiritual discernment are vital defenses against these charlatans. Most of a Christian’s rewards are yet future and eternal. Jesus...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 27, 2025 | Selah
God does not like it when leaders within His Church misrepresent Him, especially when they do it for personal gain. Sound doctrine and spiritual discernment are vital defenses against these charlatans. Most of a Christian’s rewards are yet future and eternal. Jesus...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 26, 2025 | Selah
Scripture tells us not to be ashamed of the Gospel. Whenever we are persecuted for sharing the Gospel or a biblical truth, we are not doing anything wrong. However, we should take care not do anything that dishonors or misrepresents the name of the Lord. We should be...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 25, 2025 | Selah
Why would a person that loves Jesus and seeks to live a life that pleases Him, be reproached or even suffer for His Name’s sake? The answer is simple. The world does not want to hear the Master’s message: The Gospel narrows the idea that all roads lead to heaven down...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 22, 2025 | Selah
Our cultural attitudes find the idea of living for someone else to be repulsive. However, in reality, all of us are servants to something in a motivational sense. That is, whatever it may be, something motivates everyone to live, and they are servants of that thing....
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 21, 2025 | Selah
Peter admonished his readers to no longer walk in the old ways, which often included drinking, sexual immorality, and idolatry. Though the blood of Jesus protects us from the wrath of God’s judgment, we will have to stand before Jesus one day and make an account of...