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The "Call to Minister" Can Be an Objective/Subjective Thing to Us Preachers. And it Was Life Changing for John Broadus! Check Out His Testimony!
A Devotional Reading From the Desk of Dr. John Albert Broadus One of the Four Founders of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary For...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 28, 20253 min read
A Sermon Dealing with Man's Ultimate Appointments: Preached at the Memphis Union Mission-It Was Previously Entitled "The Nine 'Rs' of Hell" Give it a Listen!
A message about a serious subject that ends with hope.
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 27, 20251 min read
Jesus Told Martha at Lazarus' Tomb, "I Am the Resurrection and the Life"! Then He Raised Her Brother from the Dead! A Little Later He Raised Himself from the DEAD!
Lazarus coming forth from the tomb! Jesus Declared, "I Am the Resurrection and the Life"! John 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 27, 20253 min read
Have You Considered Christ's Resurrection from the Tomb? Paul Declared, ". . . if Christ be not raised . . .you are still in your sins"! Please Ponder That!
An artist rendition from inside the empty tomb; with Christ's shroud left there, with the stone rolled away, looking to the Crosses on...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 26, 20252 min read
The Law was Given by Moses. But Grace and Truth Came by Jesus Christ! Ponder That . . . !
Moses Showing God's Law To the Hebrew Nation The Devotional for the Twenty Sixth Day of March 2025 From the Pen of Rev. Dr. John Gill...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 26, 20253 min read
"Gird Up the Loins of Your Mind" is Bible Parlance for One to Be Sober and Prepare Yourself for All Contingencies! Are Your Ready for This Life? And the Next Life?
A Devotional Thought for March 25, 2025 From John Bunyan Author of Pilgrim's Progress Pilgrim (Bunyan), in his dream, as he reads in the...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 25, 20252 min read
Who Influences You? The Democrats? The Republicans? I Long for Augustine's Influence on Politics! Check It Out!
A rendering of St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, at his desk writing. Longing for Augustine's Influence on Politics This is a guest blog...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 24, 20253 min read
Why Did the LORD Jesus Christ Come into the World? "Christ Came into the World to Save Sinners" and to . . .
Note: A ransom paid on earth. It is not at all like the eternal Ransom paid by Christ. This picture is just to draw the attention of the...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 24, 20253 min read
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 21, 20253 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 20, 20253 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 19, 20252 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 18, 20253 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 17, 20252 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 14, 20252 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 13, 20252 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 12, 20253 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 11, 20252 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 10, 20251 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 7, 20253 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 6, 20253 min read
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