by Ray Viola | Dec 4, 2025 | Christmas, Devotionals
Luke 12.15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. The advent season is that time of year when Christians are to focus on the meaning of the birth of Jesus...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 3, 2025 | Christmas, Devotionals
I recently read a phrase that caught my eye and pricked my heart. “Don’t let Christmas distract you from Christ.” Bear in mind that the exact date of Jesus’ birth is unknown. There are a lot of different themes and traditions that are going on in our culture this time...
by Ray Viola | Dec 2, 2025 | Christmas, Devotionals
Christmas time is a message that primarily focuses on the birth of Christ, and His first coming. But, we can never forget that the birth of Christ and His Second Coming are inseparable doctrines of Scripture that are equal components of the gospel message. Today we...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 1, 2025 | Christmas, Devotionals
We have entered into that time of year that is known in orthodox Christendom as the advent season. The word advent means coming. Christmas is the time when Christians celebrate of the first coming of Jesus Christ into this world to die for the sin of the world, and...
by Ray Viola | Feb 7, 2025 | Special Occasions
1 Chron 29.9-12 Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 2, 2024 | Contemporary Christianity, Special Occasions
1 Corinthians 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. I remember singing the chorus when I first came to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ: “Rise up O men of God, Have done with lesser things, Give heart and soul and mind and...