Popular Spotlight RUFFIN ON RELIGION Mike Ruffin: There’s actually a minister in all of us By Rev. Mike Ruffin May 11, 2025 May 11, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “And because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them.” (Acts 18:3)kAmx ;FDE 46=63C2E65 >J fa?5 3:CE952J] %92E 92D AC@>AE65 2 =@E @7 BF6DE:@?D 7@C >6 23@FE H96C6 x 2> :? >J r9C:DE:2? 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