by Ray Viola | Sep 13, 2021 | Contemporary Christianity
Smack dab in the middle of Jesus’ discourse on the days prior to His coming, He warns us with these words, “Remember Lot’s wife.” (Luke 17:32) She looked back on Sodom and turned into a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:26). The tragic error of Lot’s wife was that she placed...
by Ray Viola | Aug 16, 2021 | Devotionals
Romans 13:13,14 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. Jesus said that a...
by Ray Viola | Aug 12, 2021 | Devotionals
So often when we read the Scriptures we have a preconceived notion about things. One of those ideas, at least for me, revolves around the man Samson. When our children were young they had among their toys a “Samson” figure. Bulging muscles (step aside, Arnold!) and...
by Ray Viola | Jul 27, 2021 | Devotionals
The Bible tells us that there are two kingdoms on the earth today. One, the kingdom of this world, and two, the Kingdom of God. One kingdom is purely physical and temporal; the other is spiritual and eternal. The headship of these two kingdoms are in the control of...
by Ray Viola | Jun 10, 2021 | Special Occasions
To each and every father, grandfather, great grandfather and all men, young and old, married and single. Marriage in and of itself doesn’t make a Christian man. Having children doesn’t in and of itself doesn’t make a man a Christian man. A moral single Christian man...