by Ray Viola | Jan 9, 2020 | Devotionals
John 3.27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Charles a Spurgeon wrote: “The truth stated in this verse should act as an effectual cure for envy and emulation.” It should also be a warning about boasting and...
by Ray Viola | Dec 31, 2019 | Contemporary Christianity
1 Timothy 6.17-19 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 10, 2019 | Christmas, Devotionals
Revelation 4:8-10 … the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, … And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out...
by Ray Viola | Dec 9, 2019 | Devotionals
Eph 2.18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. The Christian faith is both a profound mystery and profoundly simple at the same time. The doctrine of the Trinity is taught from the first verse in Genesis throughout the entire canon of...
by Ray Viola | Dec 7, 2019 | 4-Fold Ministry, Our Philosophy of Ministry
Though never articulated in sermon form, the 4-fold vision that has driven every single thing that Koinonia Fellowship church is about and has done by the grace of God since The Lord planted it in December 15th, 1984 is this: To know Christ To grow in Christ To...