by Ray Viola | Apr 26, 2015 | Corinthians
The church at Corinth was dealing with sexual immorality, believers taking one another to court, marital problems and the subject of marriage, believers stumbling one another in regards to eating meat offered to idols, people questioning Paul apostolic authority,...
by Ray Viola | Mar 24, 2015 | Galatians
As we have seen, Paul sent the epistle of Galatians to a church that had been victimized by the leaven of false teaching and legalism. The glorious gospel of the grace of God and the cross of Jesus Christ was being attacked by proponents of a religious system who were...
by Ray Viola | Mar 1, 2015 | Communion Messages
Ecclesiastes 3.11 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun The city of Corinth, like most metropolitan cities today, prided themselves in their universities and...
by Ray Viola | Jan 18, 2015 | Galatians
As Pastor Ben mentioned last week, we are now in the doctrinal portion of the book of Galatians. One of the most important purposes of Scripture is to reveal to us God centered, Christ exalting doctrine. This week and next week (Lord willing), we will be covering...
by Ray Viola | Aug 31, 2014 | Philemon
Many bible scholars believe that this epistle was written at Rome during Paul’s first imprisonment, nearly four years after his arrest at Jerusalem (Ac 21:33), during all of which time he had been in bonds, but permitted to preach. See Ac 28:31. Philemon was one...