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The "Amazing Grace" of Christ Jesus the Lord Converted John Newton. Then He Wrote the Greatest Hymn EVER! Check It Out!
A portrait of John Newton Amazing Grace Converted John Newton “THE 10TH (that is, in the present style, the 21st) of March is a day much...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 213 min read
Do You Have "Heart Trouble"? OR Do You Have a "Troubled Heart"? Check It Out?
Closeup shot of someone with "HEART TROUBLE" open chest procedure. A Devotional Thought for the Twentieth Day of March 2025 Do You Have...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 203 min read
![The Scripture says, [to] "redeem . . . the time, because the days are evil" from Ephesians 5:16. For "today is the day of salvation" it also declares! Think About That!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81b3bb_bed5632b8b334387971e38fecec65047~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_614,h_461,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/81b3bb_bed5632b8b334387971e38fecec65047~mv2.png)
![The Scripture says, [to] "redeem . . . the time, because the days are evil" from Ephesians 5:16. For "today is the day of salvation" it also declares! Think About That!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81b3bb_bed5632b8b334387971e38fecec65047~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_614,h_461,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/81b3bb_bed5632b8b334387971e38fecec65047~mv2.png)
The Scripture says, [to] "redeem . . . the time, because the days are evil" from Ephesians 5:16. For "today is the day of salvation" it also declares! Think About That!
A Devotional Thought for March 19, 2025 From the Pen of John Bunyan Author of Pilgrim's Progress "The Time is at Hand"! “. . . the day of...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 192 min read
This Day in Christian History: A Little Unknown Personality Who Contributed Mightily to the Post-WWII Evangelical Movement--Henrietta Mears!
The Irrepressible Henrietta Mears Irrepressible Henrietta Mears Was Fun to the End WHEN Henrietta Mears accepted leadership of the...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 183 min read
On St. Patrick's Day: Please Honor Him as a "Soul Winner" and Great Missionary to Ireland. Check Out How We Celebrate Him in America!
An artist's rendition of St. Patrick. First St. Patrick's Day Celebration in America ON THE SEVENTEENTH of March, people around the...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 172 min read
This Day in Christian History: One Time Erstwhile Baptist Roger Williams, " . . . Braved Much To Make Rhode Island Free" Check It Out!
Portrait of Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams Braved Much To Make Rhode Island Free SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND had...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 142 min read
An Ethical Dynamic of Biblical Proportions: "Do It with All Your Might" Do You Heed This Stricture?
The working man's hand-"Do it with all your might"! A Devotional Thought for March 13, 2025 From the Pen of John Bunyan Author of Grace...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 132 min read
Have All Things Become New To You? All of Those Who Are "In Christ" Experience Newness, All the Old has Past Away!
New Life In Christ! A Devotional from the pen of Dr. John Gill For March 12, 2025 May God's Word Speak to Your Heart 2 Corinthians 5:17 ...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 123 min read
William Carey: "Father of Modern (Evangelical) Missions" One of My Favorite Missionaries. I Even Wrote a Book about Him!
William Carey: "Father of Modern (Evangelical) Missions" Years of William Carey's Work Went up in Flames AT ABOUT SIX in the evening on...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 112 min read
Hope is not the "I hope so..." or "Maybe so..." in our popular parlance. HOPE in Bible terminology is "Confident Optimism" in God's Promises as Set Forth in the "Old Book!"
HOPE is "Confident Optimism" in the Bible and its promises. WHAT IS THE BIBLE UNDERSTANDING OF "HOPE" According to the John MacArthur’...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 101 min read
Felicitas, a Slave, Triumphed over Satan in the Carthage Arena-Has Christ Triumphed Over the Slave to Sin and Satan I Am? Ponder That!
Felicitas, a Slave, Triumphed over Satan in the Carthage Arena IN 202, Emperor Septimus Severus was cracking down on traitors to the...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 73 min read
Jesus Cried, "My God, My God" on Our Behalf! Have Your Cried "My God, My God" on Your Own Behalf?
Jesus cries out on the Cross, "My God, My God why hast thou forsaken me?"! A Devotional for The Sixth Day of the March 2025 From the Pen...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 63 min read
Are You and I Ready, Willing, and Able to Loose Our Head for the Sake of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ?! Please Ponder That!
A sketch rendering of Thomas von Imbroek being beheaded! Anabaptist printer Thomas von Imbroek Lost His Head THOMAS VON IMBROEK was a...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 52 min read
"Things Worthy of Our Consideration": Is Suffering or Persecution Something Worth Your Consideration, for You?
A Christian reading he Bible in jail. A Devotional Thought for March 4, 2025 From the Pen of John Bunyan Taken from Daily Readings of...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 42 min read
Do You Desire To Know Jesus Christ, "And the Power of His Resurrection, And the Fellowship of His Sufferings?" Quite a Question to Ponder No Doubt!?
"That I May Know Him (Jesus Christ)" A Devotional for The Twenty Eighth Day of February 2025 Borrowed from Dr. John Gill Early English...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Feb 283 min read
Of Many That Worship, Not All Are Always True Worshippers? How Is Your Heart When You Go To Worship? Think About It?
A Devotional Reading for February 28, 2025 From the pen of John Bunyan Author of Pilgrim's Progress And persecuted for his faith and...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Feb 272 min read
Some “General Remarks on the Resurrection of Christ” from Dr. John Albert Broadus. Food for Thought!
The empty tomb after Christ's Resurection with the stone rolled away. A Daily Devotional For The Twenty Sixth Day of February 2025 From...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Feb 262 min read
Christ Is All We Need For Eternal Life: He is Our Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption; Says the Apostle Paul! Please Ponder That!
A Devotional Reading from the pen of Dr. John Gill for the Twenty Fifth Day of February 2025 Taken from an unpublished 31 devotional...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Feb 253 min read
Have You Ever Been On Your Knees or On Your Face in Worship Before God? Please Ponder That!
A Devotional Thought for February 24, 2025 From the Pen of John Bunyan Taken from Daily Readings Edited by Dr. Roger D Duke The Second of...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Feb 242 min read
!["[W]hen I run, I feel His [God's] pleasure," Confessed Eric Liddell. This Quote Comes from the Movie "Chariots of Fire". Check It Out!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81b3bb_b8f25cb102394b25b97d3ec0e3deb588~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_600,h_451,fp_0.50_0.50,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/81b3bb_b8f25cb102394b25b97d3ec0e3deb588~mv2.png)
!["[W]hen I run, I feel His [God's] pleasure," Confessed Eric Liddell. This Quote Comes from the Movie "Chariots of Fire". Check It Out!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81b3bb_b8f25cb102394b25b97d3ec0e3deb588~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_600,h_451,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/81b3bb_b8f25cb102394b25b97d3ec0e3deb588~mv2.png)
"[W]hen I run, I feel His [God's] pleasure," Confessed Eric Liddell. This Quote Comes from the Movie "Chariots of Fire". Check It Out!
Eric Liddell, running for "God's Pleasure"! IN CHINA, Eric Liddell asked his students if they believed Christ’s Sermon on the Mount....
Dr. Roger D Duke
Feb 212 min read
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