by Ray Viola | Apr 18, 2022 | Devotionals
Help! Boy, do you and I know how many times that word has come out of our lips? Whether it be for a child that is ill, and overdue bill, an uncertainty in some decision, or simply being overwhelmed by our responsibilities, the one word that is inevitably breathed (or...
by Ray Viola | Apr 12, 2022 | Contemporary Christianity
Philippians 1:10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; The word approve here literally means to try or put to the test things for the purpose of approving the good and rejecting the evil....
by Ray Viola | Apr 1, 2022 | Devotionals
Have you ever seen the tassels or fringes that Orthodox Jewish males wear on their clothes? In the book of Numbers we find the reason why they wear them, but we also find some wise instruction for the church as well. Note that the color of the thread in the tassels is...
by Ray Viola | Mar 22, 2022 | Devotionals
Man tends to challenge God’s judgments. At the very least, we often indirectly question His decisions. There are times when it seems to us that God has really blown it, or has failed to come through in what we deem to be the right time or best way. But the...
by Ray Viola | Mar 21, 2022 | Contemporary Christianity
Luke 18:9-14 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God,...