by Ray Viola | Aug 8, 2025 | Devotionals
Plain and simple – anger, greed and rebellion against God stinks! Cain (Genesis 4), Korah (Numbers 16), and Balaam (Numbers 22-25) are devastating examples of people like you and me who paid a severe price for giving way to greed, anger and rebellion. Yes, the...
by Ray Viola | Aug 6, 2025 | Devotionals
We learn in our study of the book of Jude that the Christian life is a calling (Jude 1). Once a person has responded to the gospel call of God unto salvation, that is, to repent and believe in Jesus Christ (Mark 1:15; Acts 2:37,38), they are regenerated by the Spirit...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jul 26, 2025 | Contemporary Christianity
PSALM 122:1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. What is the main attraction in today’s church? Now before you give me the “off the cuff” answer in fluent Christianese, really think about it. Is it the state-of-the-art building with...
by Ray Viola | Jul 22, 2025 | Communion Messages
Luke 5.31,32 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole (healthy) need not a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call...
by Ray Viola | Jun 14, 2025 | Contemporary Christianity
Ephesians 5:15,16 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Psalm 1:1-3 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the...