Dr. Roger D. Duke

One on his face before the Heavenly Father confessing sins and calling out to God asking God to hear his prayers. Confession And Petition A Devotional for the Second Day of the Week, Tuesday Holy Lord, I have sinned times without number, and been guilty of pride and unbelief, of failure to find Thy mind in Thy Word, of neglect to seek Thee in my daily life. My transgressions and short-comings present me with a list of accusations, but I bless Thee that they will not stand aga

A rendition of The LAW and GOSPEL: Without either of which you cannot and will not be saved eternally! LAW & GOSPEL A Devotional from the pen of John Calvin, one of the Father's of the Protestant Reformation! Grant, Almighty God, that as thou hast made known thy Law, and hast also added thy gospel, in which thou callest us to thy service, and also invitest us with all kindness to partake of thy grace — O grant, that we may not be deaf, either to thy command or to the promis

The Father (God our Heavenly Father) receives the Prodigal (you and me) back after he repents! A Devotional for Friday July 3, 2023 The Justified Prodigal “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight and am no more worthy to be called thy son” (Luke 15: 21, KJV). . . . This man was is sufficiently declared in verse [Luke 15:]13. [And not may days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and here wasted his substance wit

Nonchaloir (Repose) painting by John Singer Sargent hangs in the National Gallery of Art Repose HEAVENLY FATHER, My faith is in thee, My expectation is from thee, My love goes out toward thee, I believe thee, accept thy Word, acquiesce in thy will, rely on thy promises, trust thy providence. I bless thee that the court of conscience proves me to be thine. I do not need signs and wonders to believe, or thy Word is sure truth. I have cast my anchor in the port of peace, knowing

The Gideons Gathered to Safeguard Traveling Salesmen (ABOVE: Now you can get a more complete picture of what God has been doing through The Gideons in Witness to History—The Story of The Gideons International. This brand new book is now available at WitnessToHistory.org. [Adapted from the https://gideons.org/blog/witness-to-history web page].) THE FOUNDERS OF THE GIDEONS had reason to believe God was guiding their steps. John Nicholson, a traveling salesman from Janesville, W

Settle Matters Quickly with Your Adversary! Especially with CHRIST JESUS Over Your Eternal Soul! "Turn" in Repentance of "Burn" Eternally! DO IT NOW! Time is of the Essence Do It Now By Oswald Chambers Settle matters quickly with your adversary. — Matthew 5:25 Jesus Christ is laying down a principle: we must do what we know we should, and we must do it quickly. If we don’t, an inevitable process will begin to unfold, and before it is over we will have paid all we have in ago

The beheading of the great Apostle Paul.. (LEFT: Detail from The Beheading of St. Paul—Simon de Vos (1603–1676). Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp / public domain, Wikimedia) ON THIS DAY, 29 June 67, a Roman soldier beheaded the apostle Paul in Rome.* Preaching the Gospel of Christ Jesus, Paul did as much as any man to found the churches of the western Roman Empire. He was aware of his own influence. Writing to the Corinthian church, he summed up his own contribution to Chris

Are You "In" or "Out," CHRIST That IS? One is Either In or Out by the New Birth? Are You "BORN AGAIN"? Jesus Said, "You Must Be Born Again"! Ponder That . . . Therefore if any man be in Christ[1] 2 Corinthians 5:17 There's a secret being in Christ from everlasting; so all that are loved by him, espoused unto him, chosen and preserved in him, to whom he was a covenant head, surety, and representative, are in him, united to him, and one with him; not in such sense as the Fathe

Cliché or Truth? "For God So Loved the World That He Gave His Only Begotten (Unique) Son"; Given for You and Given to You? Have You Received Christ by Repentance and Faith? A Devotional for 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 and grace; For thou art Love with m

Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden after they had sinned and made aprons of leaves to cover their shame. But, But God covers them with skins of a sacrificed animal after he makes clothes for them. A Devotional for Wednesday June 24, 2026 From the pen of English Baptist Pastor John Bunyan Author of The Pilgrim's Progress The LORD God as Clothier “And the LORD God made for Adam and his wife garments of skins and clothed them” Genesis 3: 21. [Consider an Old Testament example of

Have you been humiliated for Christ's sake? Humiliation SOVEREIGN LORD, When clouds of darkness, atheism, and unbelief come to me, I see thy purpose of love in withdrawing the Spirit that I might prize him more, in chastening me for my confidence in past successes, that my wound of secret godlessness might be cured. Help me to humble myself before thee by seeing the vanity of honour as a conceit of men’s minds, as standing between me and thee; by seeing that thy will must alo

The LORD GOD OMNIPOTENT REIGHTH: All Must Bow the Knee Before JESUS CHRIST and Confess Him as LORD! Will It Be Now or In the After Life for You? Your Choice . . . Second Day of the Week Tuesday Morning: God [is] Over All Keep in mind the words of the renown theologian Dr. R C Sproul: "There is not one rouge atom of in [God's] universe"! O GOD ALL-SUFFICIENT, Thou hast made and upholdest all things by the word of thy power; darkness is thy pavilion, thou walkest on the wings o

Scriptural Convictions promote personal spiritual formation of the soul and promote fear over faith. Scriptural Convictions O GOD OF LOVE, I approach thee with encouragements derived from thy character, for I am not left to feel after thee in the darkness of my nature, nor to worship thee as the unknown God. I cannot find out thy perfections, but I know thou art good, ready to forgive, plenteous in mercy. Thou hast displayed thy wisdom, power, and goodness in all thy works, a

Two Kinds of Righteousness[1] A Devotional thought for June 18, 2026 From the pen of John Bunyan author of The Pilgrim's Progress Early English Baptist Puritan Two Kinds of Righteousness[1] “But now the righteousness of God have been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—” Romans 3 21. This text utterly excludes the law—what law? The law of works, the moral law, (Romans 3: 27)—and makes mention of another righteousness—even a rig

Love Lusters at Calvary! Have You Seen That GLORY by Repentance Towards God and Faith in the LORD Jesus Christ; and the REBIRTH?! Think About It . . . Love Lusters at Calvary Christ was all anguish that I might be all joy, cast off that I might be brought in, trodden down as an enemy that I might be welcomed as a friend, surrendered to hell’s worst that I might attain heaven’s best, stripped that I might be clothed, wounded that I might be healed, athirst that I might drink,

A Historical and Devotional thought for Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Booth and Mumford Partnered for the Gospel: The Results: The Salvation Army William and Catherine Booth who founded The Salvation Army-another denomination. (ABOVE: William and Catherine Booth—Thomas F. G. Coates, The Prophet of the Poor; the life story of General Booth. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1906. [source of William's image]; George Scott Railton, The Authoritative Life of General William Booth: Founde

Old and worn work boots that symbolize a life time of service for Christ and His Kingdom! Get A Move On By Oswald Chambers And beside this,…add… — 2 Peter 1:5 In the Matter of Drudgery You have inherited the Divine nature, says Peter (v.4), now screw your attention down and form habits, give diligence, concentrate. “Add” means all that character means. No man is born either naturally or supernaturally with character; he has to make character. Nor are we born with habits; we h

Do You Want to "Know Christ" and the Power of His Resurrection in Your Life? And the Fellowship of His Sufferings? That was Apostle Paul's Testimony! Is it Yours? Ponder That! That I may know him [1] Philippians 3:10 The Ethiopic version reads “by faith”, and to the same sense the Syriac. The apostle did know Christ, and that years ago; he knew whom he had believed; he knew him for himself; he knew his personal interest in him; nor did he know any but him in the business of

Getting There By Oswald Chambers Getting There; That is to Heaven! You Cannot Get There on Your Own. Jesus Declared "I Am The Way, The Truth, and The Life"! Are You Going "There"?! Jesus said, "Come unto Me." Matthew 11:28 Where the Sin and the Sorrow Cease and the Song and the Saint Commence Do I want to get there? I can now. The questions that matter in life are remarkably few, and they are all answered by the words — “Come unto Me.” Not — “Do this, or don’t do that”; but

Christianity's Difference: Jesus Christ is Raised from the Dead! And He Will Come Again; TO RAISE ALL WHO CALL ON HIM BY FAITH AND REPENTANCE! GLORY TO HIS NAME!! A Devotional for Wednesday June 10, 2026 From the Pen of John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress Sharers in His Resurrection “So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus” Romans 6: 11. By this . . . we have now escaped death. “Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead