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Actions Follow Attitudes: If You Believed It You Will Eventually Behave It! Think About It!
Christian Attitudes and Actions: Careful (Anxious) for Nothing! Prayerful for Everything! Thankful for Anything! Based on Philippians 4:...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 30, 20241 min read
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Does the Lord God Almighty Delight in Thee? Think about it!
"Beulah Land" “Thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee.” (Isiaah 62:4) (Used by permission....

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 29, 20243 min read
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Is God Sovereign Over Your Life? The Hymn Writer Asked This of Us. "The Story Behind the Hymn." A Daily Devotional
“HAVE THINE OWN WAY, LORD!” The Story Behind the Hymn Proverbs 13: 12 declares, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick: but when the desire...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 26, 20243 min read
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This Day in Christian History: Did Rauschenbusch Have the Eternal and Soul-Saving Gospel of Christ? Check it out!
[Adapted, adopted, edited, and used by permission from the Christian History Institute. You can enjoy their other writings at...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 25, 20242 min read
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Read Any Good Books Lately? Jesus Is the "Author and Finisher of Our Faith"!
Hebrews 12:2 King James Version V. 2 [We are] Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 25, 20241 min read
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A Daily Devotional: Is There a "Root of Bitterness" Troubling You? Has it Sprung Up To Defile Those Around You? Think About It My Friend!
Hebrews 12:15 (ESV) See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no "root of bitterness" springs up and causes trouble,...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 24, 20241 min read
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Are You Thirsty? Jesus Said Come to Him, Drink and Be Satisfied!
Whoever is Thirsty, Come to the Fountain and Drink Freely. The Gospel found in John 7: 37-40, and in Isaiah, and in Revelation, the New...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 23, 20241 min read
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John Bunyan Asks: Are You Full Of Pride and Self Deceit? Reasons or Causes for Pride
Reasons or Causes for Pride [1] Are You Full Of Pride and Self Deceit? Proverbs 16:18-19 (KJV)Pride goes before destruction, And an...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 19, 20244 min read
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Devotional Thought from the Desk of John Broadus: "Do You Believe"?
The Seventeenth Day of the Month “Unbelief is a Great Sin—It Fosters All Other Sins” [1] 1. It is seen in the fall. “Ye shall not surely...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 17, 20242 min read
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Daily Devotional from the Desk of John Bunyan: Christ is the End and the Fulfillment of the Law
July 16 Christ: The End of the Law “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes” Romans 10: 4. And...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 16, 20242 min read
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A Devotional From the Desk of John Broadus: “There are Seasons of Sowing and Reaping”
The Fifteenth Day of the Month “There are Seasons of Sowing and Reaping” [1] (The image is that of the Parable of the Sower) "Say not...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 15, 20243 min read
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The "Green Eyed Monster of Envy": Covetousness Was the Apostle Paul's Deadly Sin! What Do You Desire? Think About it!
July 12 Devotional Thought From John Bunyan: Sin Comes by the Law (Left: The "Green Eyed Monster of Envy") “But sin, seizing an...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 12, 20242 min read
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A Devotional from the Desk of John Broadus: The Lord Has Taken the Burden Our Sins Upon Himself
The Eleventh Day of the Month The Lord Has Taken Our Sins Upon Himself [1] The Lord Jesus having thus taken our sins upon himself, next...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 11, 20244 min read
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A Devotional from the Desk of John Bunyan: Is Your Heart Deceitful? Think About it?
July 11 A Deceitful Heart “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” Jeremiah 17: 9. [T]he...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 10, 20242 min read
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On the Lighter Side: Is Life Sometimes "Squirrelly" To You? A Funny Story About Religious Leaders. Enjoy!
[This was an application story in a recent devotional that came across my desk from Dr. Steve Brown of Key Life. Other life changing...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 9, 20241 min read
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Today in Christian History: STALIN TRIED TO RUIN AND THEN TO RUN ORTHODOXY
[Adapted, adopted, and used by permission from the Christian History Institute. You can enjoy their other writings at...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 8, 20242 min read
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!["He Ever Liveth to Intercede" [for us]-July 5 Devotional from John A. Broadus-Co-Founder-The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81b3bb_4d5ddde218a7497887d2314f73dbb9d5~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_197,h_147,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/81b3bb_4d5ddde218a7497887d2314f73dbb9d5~mv2.webp)
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"He Ever Liveth to Intercede" [for us]-July 5 Devotional from John A. Broadus-Co-Founder-The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
The Fifth of July, 2024 “He Ever Liveth to Intercede” [1] (Picture: Broadus Chapel at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary....

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 5, 20245 min read
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The Bestselling Reference Bible That Remade American Evangelicalism
The Bestselling Reference Bible That Remade American Evangelicalism By combining familiar and original material, the Scofield Reference...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 3, 202415 min read
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![A Conference Paper: “First in War, First in Peace . . .” [:] One Baptist Chaplain of the America Revolution](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81b3bb_90911bb4f9854e06ab081f677ef7bb4f~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_207,h_207,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/81b3bb_90911bb4f9854e06ab081f677ef7bb4f~mv2.webp)
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A Conference Paper: “First in War, First in Peace . . .” [:] One Baptist Chaplain of the America Revolution
“First in War, First in Peace . . .” [:] [1] One Baptist Chaplain of the America Revolution [2] (To the left and image of the Minute Man)...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 2, 202420 min read
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Guest Blogger Dr. Phil Newton: Jesus is “The More Sure Word of Prophecy”!
Jesus is “The More Sure Word of Prophecy”! Prophetic Word Made More Sure (Guest Blogger from the pen of Dr. Phil Newton of the Pillar...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 1, 20243 min read
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