by Ray Viola | Mar 20, 2022 | Devotionals
In the second chapter of Mark, we find Jesus ministering forgiveness and healing to a man who was unable to walk. Man, by natural birth, is lame, dead in trespasses and sins. Christians can truly rejoice because, through Jesus’ atoning work on Calvary, our names...
by Ray Viola | May 2, 2021 | Contemporary Christianity
I thought I would share this reply to a blog I wrote last week. Hope it blesses you. Thank you for all the prayers and encouragement. Pastor Ray Dear Pastor Ray, Supersessionism, dispensationalism, Calvinism, Arminianism, cessationism, continuationism, etc. etc. etc....
by Ray Viola | Apr 29, 2020 | Devotionals
Esther 4.14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for...
by Ray Viola | Mar 4, 2020 | Devotionals
Our meditation this morning is a simple one. I am going to copy four sections of Scripture that mention faithful sayings of God, in hopes that as you read them and meditate upon them, the truth of God would embrace them prayerfully, that they might minister strength...
by Ray Viola | Feb 14, 2016 | Corinthians
This chapter is not an exhaustive list of spiritual gifts (see Romans 12.3-8; Ephesians 4.7-12; 1 Peter 4.10,11 for more examples). There are many gifts; people have different gifts; some people have more than one gift, and one gift is not superior to another. The...