Dr. Roger D. Duke

A Devotional for Friday November 6, 2027 From the pen of John Bunyan author of The Pilgrim's Progress Rejoice and Tremble! “Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling” Psalm 2: 11. I would have you . . . indeed . . . [know], when God shall tell you that your sins are pardoned indeed, “rejoice with trembling” (Psalm 2: 11). For then you have solid and godly joy; a joyful heart, and wet eyes, in this will stand very well together and it will be so more or less. For if

God is the Original Giver! For God So Loved the World That He Gave His Only Begotten Son, That Whosoever Believes in Him Should Not Perish But Have Everlasting Life! Amen! A Devotional Reading for Thursday November 5, 2026 The Fifth Day Morning: "The Giver" CREATOR, UPHOLDER AND PROPRIETOR OF ALL THINGS, 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

Acting on His Truth, There is a Transaction Between You and God When You Come to Him! He Rules Your Life--You Must Submit Unto His Authority! You MUST Submit to be a Christian! Acting on His Truth By Oswald Chambers Come near to God and he will come near to you. James 4:8 It’s essential for us, as ministers of the gospel, to give people a chance to act on the truth of God. We might wish we could act for them, but no individual can act for another. Our role is to share the eva

The Scriptures Declare: It is a Fearful Thing To Fall Into the Hands of the Living God! Are You Prepared To Meet Thy God?! Ponder and Meditate on That Please . . . If You Will You Please? A Devotional for Tuesday November 3--Election Day 2026 From the pen of John Bunyan author of The Pilgrim's Progress His Presence is Dreadful to Us “When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his righthand on me, saying, ‘Fear not, I am the first and the last’” Revelation

The Throne The Throne of Christ! The Throne of God at Which We Will All Bow Before Christ! You Can Bow Here or Bow There! Which Shall It Be for Your?! Put Christ on The Throne of Your Heart and Life! NOW!!! O GOD OF MY DELIGHT, Thy throne of grace is the pleasure ground of my soul. Here I obtain mercy in time of need, here see the smile of thy reconciled face, here joy pleads the name of Jesus ,here I sharpen the sword of the Spirit, anoint the shield of faith, put on the hel

The Prodigal Son received back home by the Father! Are You a Disciple? Are You Being Renewed Day by Day by Christ's Holy Spirit? If Not, Pray to the Savior Who Will Welcome You With Open Arms as You Throw Yourself On Him Anew! Come Home My Brother! A Disciple’s Renewal O MY SAVIOUR, Help me. I am so slow to learn, so prone to forget, so weak to climb; I am in the foothills when I should be on the heights; I am pained by my graceless heart, my prayerless days, my poverty of lo

Jesus Suffered a Substitutionary Death! He Died In Your Place So You Would Not Have To Die! Can You Even Grasp That Principle? I Hope You Will Ponder That Before You Die and Stand Before Him! So Be It! Substitution By Oswald Chambers God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21 The modern view of the death of Jesus is that he died for our sins out of sympathy. The New Testament view is that he bore o

Are You Justified By Faith? That is, Declared Right By God Based on Your Declaration of Trusting God's Person-The LORD Jesus Christ! This is the Only Way into God's Eternal Life, Ponder That . . . ! Justification by Faith By Oswald Chambers For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Romans 5:10 I am not saved by believing; I realize I am saved by belie

Jesus Asked, "Will He Find FAITH on the Earth"? Do You Have Faith in HIM? By Repentance Towards God and Placing Your Faith in Who and What He Is, The Eternal LORD and Savior? He is The Great "I AM!" Faith: What is It and Do You Have It? My God, I bless thee that thou hast given me the eye of faith, to see thee as Father, to know thee as a covenant God, to experience thy love planted in me; For faith is the grace of unionby which I spell out my entitlement to thee: Faith casts

A Devotional for Monday October 26, 2026 From the pen of John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress Safe in Christ’s Ability "He Has the Whole World in His Hands," the song title says! “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whosever comes to me I will never cast out” John 6: 37. Has . . . [Christ] power, we know he is willing, else he would not have promised. It is also his glory to pardon and save. So, then, in his ability lies our safety. What if he were neve

Gen. Grant Demanded of Gen. Lee Unconditional Surrender! That's What Christ Demands of All Who Follow HIM! If No Surrender--No Christianity! Take Up Your Cross To Become A Real Christian! Ponder That! Not a Bit of It! By Oswald Chambers (This devotional adapted from https://utmost.org/modern-classic/not-a-bit-of-it/ by your webmaster Dr. Roger D Duke. More like this can be seen there.) If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Cor

Impulse By Oswald Chambers What Is Your Impulse? Are You Building Yourself Up in the Most Holy Faith? Only If You Are "Born Again" By Faith and Repentance in the LORD Jesus Christ As Savior! What Think Ye? (Adapted from https://utmost.org/modern-classic/impulse/ and more like this can be seen there.) Building yourselves up in your most holy faith . . . Jude 1:20 There was nothing impulsive and nothing cold-blooded about our Lord, just a calm strength that never got into a pan

Worship: Jesus Said, "The Father Seeks Those To Worship Him In Spirit and In Truth"! Are You? How Is Your Worship? Think On This Please and Adjust Appropriately! Ponder This . . . ! Worship: How Is Yours? GLORIOUS GOD, It is the flame of my life to worship thee, the crown and glory of my soul to adore thee, heavenly pleasure to approach thee. Give me power by thy Spirit to help me worship now, that I may forget the world, be brought into fullness of life, be refreshed, comfor

A devotional for Monday October 19, 2026 From the pen of John Bunyan, Author of The Pilgrim's Progress (Which at one time was the second most read book outside of the Bible.) John Bunyan in the Bedford Jail praying to God! Sons: Not Condemned with the World “But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world” I Corinthians 11: 32. And this [chastisement] is the cause why some that belong to God are yet so under the affl

The Key to the Master’s Orders By Oswald Chambers (This devotional adapted from https://utmost.org/modern-classic/the-key-to-the-masters-orders/ by webmaster Dr. Roger D Duke.) The Key to the Master’s Orders: Prayer. We Are To Pray for The LORD To Thrust Out Laborers Into His Vineyard. Do You Pray Or Have You Been Thrust Out?! He is Sovereign Over All Missionaries; Even Us! Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest. Matthew 9

Law and Gospel (or Law and Grace) is one of a number of thematically linked, allegorical panel paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder from about 1529. The paintings, intended to illustrate Lutheran ideas of salvation, are exemplars of Lutheran Merkbilder,[1] which were simple, didactic illustrations of Christian doctrine. LAW and the GOSPEL A prayer of John Calvin concerning the Law and the Gospel (This reading adapted from https://www.monergism.com/select-prayers-devotions-j

(Adapted from https://utmost.org/modern-classic/the-key-for-the-missionary/ by your webmaster Dr. Roger D Duke. More like this can be seen there.) Are You a Missionary? If Not Why Not? Jesus Commissioned All "Born Again" Christians "To Go Into All The World and Make Disciples." Are You Going? The Key for the Missionary By Oswald Chambers All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations. Matthew 28:18–19 The basis of the

"God [is] Creator and Controller" of the Universe. By the Resurrection, God Declared Jesus; Savior, Lord, and Final Judge! Prepare To Meet Him In Judgment! Ponder That...! Third Day Morning: God Creator and Controller MOST HIGH GOD, The universe with all its myriad creatures is thine, made by thy word, upheld by thy power, governed by thy will. But thou art also the Father of mercies, the God of all grace, the bestower of all comfort, the protector of the saved. Thou hast bee

Christ Died and Was Raised Again; One Result, We Are Saved Now By His Life. To All Those Who Called On His Name By Faith and Repentance, Born Again! A Devotional for Monday October 12, 2026 (Today's devotional is dedicated to my mother, Lura Oline Scott Duke Who Died This Day in 1995, Rest in Peace Until Christ Comes for us all!) Saved by His Life “For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to by the death of his son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be sa

SHOCKING! Sin Is Something That You ARE! It Does Produce All of Our Sins! But Jesus Has Become Sin for Us and Reconciled Us To God! Have You Been Reconciled by Faith in Christ Alone? Check Yourself! Reconciliation By Oswald Chambers God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21 Sin is a fundamental relationship. It isn’t wrongdoing; it’s wrong being. Sin is deliberate and emphatic independence from Go