Dr. Roger D. Duke

Are You Discouraged in Devotion? By Oswald Chambers Do You Ask “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Are You Discouraged in [Christian] Devotion? Chambers Comments May Help, Please Read to See! . . . I Am Praying for You! A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” — Luke 18:18 When the rich young ruler asked Jesus how to win eternal life, Jesus didn’t respond with anxiousness or concern; he made no attempt to keep the

Are You Involved in Spiritual Work? Whatever a Man Sews That Shall He Also Reap? Rebirth Reaps Eternal Life? What Are You Sewing? What Will You Reap? An Eternal Point to Ponder . . . ! A Devotional for The Fourteenth Day of the August 24, 2026 From the pen of John A. Broadus Co-founder of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary “Spiritual Work has Rich Rewards”[1] Scripture Portion "And he that reapeth receiveth wages," saith Jesus, "and gathereth fruit unto life eterna

A Devotional for Thursday August 13, 2026 From the Pen of English Baptist Pastor John Bunyan, Author of The Pilgrim's Progress A Tree is Known by Its Fruit “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit” Matthew 12: 33. An Evil Root Heart Produces Evil Fruits of Mind and Life! Think About It!? What Is In Your Heart Comes Out Of Your Mouth! Is That an "OH ME!" Or Is That An AMEN? Ponder That . . . ! Thu

There is a "Theology Of Rest." Oswald Chambers Quotes Jesus, "Why Are Ye Fearful"? In Today's Language Jesus Would Say, "I Got This!" For He Is Our Place of Rest! Ponder That . . . ! The Theology Of Rest By Oswald Chambers Why are ye fearful, 0 ye of little faith? — Matthew 8:26 When we are in fear we can do nothing less than pray to God, but Our Lord has a right to expect that those who name His Name should have an understanding confidence in Him. God expects His children to

A Devotional for Tuesday August 11, 2024 From the pen of John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress Description of the Righteous Are You Righteous? You Must Be To Go To Heaven! Read This To See If You Measure Up. Here, This Righteousness Described! Do You Live Up To These Standards? This Is A Hard Saying? “[The LORD] . . . has clothed me with garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautif

The LORD God is the Giver of All Life. He Gives Life as Creator and As Well as Redeemer. We All Have Created Life; But Do You Have Eternal Life by Redemption by Our Christ Jesus the LORD? Second Day Morning: The Giver We cannot escape from thy presence and control, nor do we desire to do so. Our privilege is to be under the agency of thy omnipotence, righteousness, wisdom, patience, mercy and grace; For thou art Love with more than parental affection. We admire thy goodness,

"Come Now Let Us Reason Together" Says the LORD! To Confess is to "Agree With." Have You Agreed With God You Are a Sinner and Need a Savior? Have You Had This Talk with God? Ponder That . . . ! Confession is Good for the Soul! Especially when you confess your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ! I John 1:9 If we confess our sins[1] From the pen and library of Rev. Dr. John Gill. Early English Particular Baptist Pastor (Gill’s writings are in the Public Domain.) Not to one other; f

Whom Do You Fear? God in His Love or Wrath? Do You Fear Satan and the Power He Has To Use Death? Come To Jesus, He Will Embrace You In His Arms and Drive All of Your Fears Away! Ponder That . . . ! A Devotional for Thursday August 6, 2026 From the Pen of John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress Whom Shall We Fear? “[Christ] . . . himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is the devil, and del

The Baffling Call Of God By Oswald Chambers Has Jesus Called You? To Be 'Born Again'? To Take Up Your Cross? To Follow Him? To Be Holy? To An Eternal Perspective? These Are Baffling Calls for Sure! "He That Has Ears Let Him Hear"! And all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man shall be accomplished. … And they understood none of these things. Luke 18:31,34 God called Jesus Christ to what seemed unmitigated disaster. Jesus Christ called His disciples

Daniel cast into the lion's den because he lived his life by prayer! Will you and I ever be persecuted because of our prayer life?! Ponder that . . . Living By Prayer O GOD OF THE OPEN EAR, Teach me to live by prayer as well as by providence, for myself, soul, body, children, family, church; Give me a heart frameable to thy will; so might I live in prayer, and honour thee, being kept from evil, known and unknown. Help me to see the sin that accompanies all I do, and the good

Is "To Be Fit for God," Your Primary Desire? Do You Pray "Thy Will Be Done" Consistently? Do You Mean It from the Heart? If Not? Why Not? Think of Its Ramifications? Even Now . . . A Devotional for Monday August 3rd, 2026 To Be Fit for God THOU MAKER AND SUSTAINER OF ALL THINGS Day and night are thine ,heaven and earth declare thy glory; but I, a creature of thy power and bounty, have sinned against thee by resisting the dictates of conscience, the demands of thy law, the cal

The "SHEMA" is Israel's Confession of Faith! It is the Command to "HEAR"! Have You Listened, Really Listened To and For "The Voice of the LORD"?! Please Do! Please Ponder This Reading. . . Hear, O Israel [1] These are the words of Moses, stirring up the people to an attention to what he was about to say of this great and momentous article, the unity of God, to prevent their going into polytheism and idolatry. From one of the words here used, the Jews call this section K

Mr. [GK] Chesterton Made His Confession. Read and Enjoy It. This Could Be Your Confession As Well! Read! Think! Ponder! Meditate! Life is Short! Take Advantage of This! (LEFT: G. K. Chesterton—Public domain) ON SUNDAY, 30 July 1922, a huge and famous man took a special walk to church. If people knew nothing else about G. K. Chesterton, they probably knew that he was immense, notoriously absent-minded, and a defender of Roman Catholicism. Chesterton sported all three attribute

All Works of the Flesh Cannot Get One into Heaven! Satan Wants You To Do Good Works! But Salvation is of the LORD and by GRACE ALONE by FAITH ALONE! Ponder That . . . ! A Devotional for Wednesday July 29, 2026 From the pen of John Bunyan Author of The Pilgrim's Progress Satan Encourages Circumcision “Look: I, Paul say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you” Galatians 5: 2. Satan will yet go further; he will make use of something that may

The Prodigal "came to himself," that is repented and came home to his father! CONTINUAL REPENTANCE O GOD OF GRACE, Thou hast imputed my sin to my substitute, and hast imputed his righteousness to my soul, clothing me with a bridegroom’s robe, decking me with jewels of holiness. But in my Christian walk I am still in rags; my best prayers are stained with sin; my penitential tears are so much impurity; my confessions of wrong are so many aggravations of sin; my receiving the S

The Unity of the Trinity is one of The Deeps that is the beginning of the understanding of God! The Deeps Lord Jesus, Give me a deeper repentance, a horror of sin; a dread of its approach; Help me chastely flee it, and jealously to resolve that my heart shall be thine alone. Give me a deeper trust, that I may lose myself to find myself in thee, the ground of my rest, the spring of my being. Give me a deeper knowledge of thyself as Saviour, Master, Lord, and King. Give me deep

Moral[s] is What You Believe, Ethic[s] is How You Act! And God Looks at Our Hearts that We Are Sinners. We Must Be Changed From Inside Out! Have You Been Changed? A Point to Ponder . . . Disposition and Deeds By Oswald Chambers With a Short Bio Unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:20 The defining characteristic of Christian disciples is not that they do good things;

Are You and Satan on the Throne of Your heart? Or is Christ on the Throne of Your heart to rule? Heart Corruptions O God, May Your Spirit speak in me that I may speak to You. I have no merit, let the merit of Jesus stand for me. I am undeserving, but I look to Your tender mercy. I am full of infirmities, want, sin – You are full of grace. I confess my sin, my frequent sin, my willful sin; All my powers of body and soul are defiled: A fountain of pollution is deep within my na

Is you life a paradox or contradiction? Consider this prayer . . . Paradoxes O Changeless God, Under the conviction of the Spirit I learn that The more I do, the worse I am, The more I know, the less I know,The more holiness I have, the more sinful I am, The more I love, the more there is to love.O wretched man that I am! O Lord,I have a wild heartAnd cannot stand before thee; I am like a bird before a man.How little I love thy truth and ways!I neglect prayer, By thinking I h

Sin is crouching at the door and must be conqured! THE DARK GUEST O Lord, Bend my hands and cut them off, for I have often struck thee with a wayward will, when these fingers should embrace thee by faith. I am not yet weaned from all created glory, honour, wisdom, and esteem of others, for I have a secret motive to eye my name in all I do. Let me not only speak the word sin, but see the thing itself. Give me to view a discovered sinfulness, to know that though my sins are cru