Steven Ruff

My date tonight for Astros @ Braves. Great night for baseball. @Braves @TerriLRuff #ForTheA – at Atlanta, GA

"Through these portals pass prospects for America's finest fighting force - the United States Marines" is the inscription above two large silver doors at the receiving barracks aboard Parris Island. South Carolina. I'm proud to be numbered among the many who passed through those doors, accepting the challenge of recruit training to become a United States Marine - an experience that changed my life. The Marine Corps has a legacy that predates the United States itself. Founded in a bar on November 10, 1775, when our nation was still a collection of colonies under British rule, the Marine Corps has been a cornerstone of American military history for over 250 years. Marines have been fighting under the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor for over 250 years in every clime and place. It embodies tradition, pride, excellence, honor, esprit de corps, and defines family - uniting every Marine, regardless of location, occupational specialty, or duty status. Happy Birthday to my fellow Marines - America's finest fighting force. @USMC @since1775 @36Marines #marinecorpsbirthday 🦅🌎⚓️

New article today at The Road Less Traveled: 9/11: Twenty-Five Years Later; Another Day That Lives in Infamy. bit.ly/4cFI4G7 #911RemembranceDay

My vacation reading this week. #nosmallchurches

Prep begins today for our 9th Annual Back to School Bash 7/29. Volunteers will prepare 500 backpacks, 700 dinner bags, and 200 parent info bags. Thankful for the partnership with @sendrelief through their backpack ministry. @FloridaBaptists @NAMB_SBC

I’ve been putting this book project off for far too long. This morning I started.

Tonight we welcomed @StephenRummage to @FBCPerryFL Iron Works where 30 men were challenged from Colossians 1 to see the reasons why Jesus deserves first place in their lives. @FloridaBaptists #RightBesideYou #mensministry

"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." Samuel Adams History has often been shaped not by the complacent majority but by a determined few who refused to surrender their convictions. This is true in both the church and in the birth and growth of our nation. The future belongs to those who are willing to stand courageously for truth, liberty, and principle, even when they stand alone. If there is anything of need today, it is principled men and women with biblical conviction, a fire for freedom and liberty, and a commitment to communicate the truth of the Creator, of whom our founding fathers looked to as the source of our inalienable rights at the founding of this republic. #IndependenceDay #250 🇺🇸

Tonight we welcomed @byoung14 from @HopefulBaptist to @FBCPerryFL Iron Works. 26 men were encouraged to carry out their calling to be faithful followers of Christ, husband and fathers, and laborers in the church. #mensministry

We had a great night tonight at @FBCPerryFL Iron Works with @davidtark from @thefirstfam - 29 men were encouraged to seek God’s will with endurance. #mensministry @FloridaBaptists

Enjoyed having Tyler Creel from Airline Church as our guest speaker at Iron Works tonight. 29 men were challenged from 1 Corinthians 16:13 to be the men our familes and churches need and that honor the gospel. #mensministry @FBCPerryFL @FloridaBaptists

It's #AnnieArmstrong Week of Prayer Day 2⃣. 📍Richmond, VA. Fred and Casey Weymouth were once homeless heroin addicts whose lives were changed by Jesus. They’ve planted The Fix Church - where people find freedom in Christ. @NAMB_SBC @sendnetwork #AAEO26

It's #AnnieArmstrong Week of Prayer Day 1⃣. 📍West Lafayette, IN. Jordan and Jessamy planted the Chapel Church and baptized 81 college students in its first year! Your generosity is more than a gift; it fuels life-change. @NAMB_SBC #AAEO26 @sendnetwork

For anyone thinking of a logo redesign this year, I highly recommend @JoshuaBarzon at #barzonDESIGN - His work for @FBCPerryFL this year was professional and spoke simply to our direction. Josh was a joy to work with.

This world hurts and is hurting. The angel’s announcement, “For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord,” declares the arrival of hope. Because of Bethlehem, hope has a name, and his name is Jesus. #Christmas2025

Finishing our Because of Bethlehem series this morning @FBCPerryFL with the concluding message, ‘Christmas Changes Everything.’ #shepherds #wisemen #returnchanged #Christmas2025