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No Man Can Serve Two Masters Matthew 6:24 “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he...

How Can God Be Loving If He Allows Evil, Suffering, Sickness And Death? In last month’s newsletter we looked at the question of, How can...

How Can God Be Loving If He Allows Evil, Suffering, Sickness And Death? A question that often comes up in our Bible studies is how can...

Fight Your Warfare Second Timothy 3:16-17 says; “ All  scripture is  given by inspiration of God, and is  profitable for doctrine, for...

This has been an interesting and fruitful spring at A Ray of Hope, they are not all like that.  On July 14th I baptized 8 guests, all of...

A Testimony of the Critical Importance of Hope   In last month’s A Ray of Hope’s Newsletter I wrote about how to obtain hope.  This...

Simple Math I took a fair amount of math in school and college, but I find it’s the simple math that I use the most, particularly in the...

Our God Is Real, Our God Is Interested, Our God Is Able Our A Ray of Hope guests love to hear testimonies in our Bible study and I love...

We Are A Home, A Family And A Church I tell people who come to A Ray of Hope that we are a resort. We’re a last resort, but we are a...

Would You Like God To Speak To You? As I look back over my life, the first I can remember picking wrong friends and the beginning of...

In 2008, my stepfather, Norm (Pop), whom I was very close to, asked me if I would distribute some personal effects of his to various...

I did not come to the Lord until I was 30 years old, and after I came to the Lord, I stumbled in a big way into sin. I got caught up in...

I believe it is so important to see our need in order to see our God. Have you ever felt like you haven’t seen or been seeing your God? ...

A burden that has been on the hearts of the A Ray of Hope leadership for some time is to acquire five to ten acres within approximately...

Last month I asked the question; what kind of God are you looking for? I ask this because many people are critical of God. So, this tells...

The past two months, we’ve looked at Hebrews 11:1 which says, “Now faith is the substance [assurance] of things hoped for, the evidence [pr

The past two months we’ve looked at Hebrews 11:1 which says, “Now faith is the substance [assurance] of things hoped for, the evidence...

Last month, we looked at Hebrews 11:1 which says, “Now faith is the substance [assurance] of things hoped for, the evidence [proof,...

We talk about Faith a lot at our Bible Studies, because Hebrews 11:6 says, “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he...

I have to tell you that our Bible studies at the shelter are pretty awesome, we don’t work out of a book study or book, we just talk...