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Wise Reflections and Life Review on a Personal and Pending Demise! Much More Than a "New Year's Resolution"!
Consider These Wise Saying . . . "Miscellaneous Bunyan Quotes" Devotional Thoughts for December 12 From the Pen of John Bunyan *“Let the...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Dec 12, 20241 min read
A Sermon Dealing with Man's Ultimate Appointments: Preached Today 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
Dec 11, 20241 min read
Do You Want To Know Christ? And the Power of His Resurrection in Your Life? Will You Give Up Your Life and Be Crucified with Him? Ponder That . . .?!
A Devotional from the Pen of Rev. Dr. John Gill. Philippians 3:10 That I may know him [1] The Ethiopic version reads “by faith”, and to...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Dec 10, 20243 min read
"The Scriptural Conundrum of Election" Is God Sovereign in Personal Salvation? Or Is the Sinner "Sovereign" Over His / Her Own Salvation? Ponder That . . .!? It is Indeed a Biblical Conundrum . . .
A Devotional Thought from the Pen of John Albert Broadus For The Ninth Day of December 2024 "The Scriptural Conundrum of Election" ...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Dec 9, 20242 min read
The Christian is Given the Gift of "Suffering." Philippians 1:29 says, "For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake."
A Devotional for December 6 From the Pen of John Bunyan and From the Newly Released Devotional Book Daily Readings of John Bunyan "Of...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Dec 6, 20242 min read
Is Your Soul at Rest? Saint Augustine asserted, “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” Only Christ Can Meet Our Deepest Needs! Ponder That!
Is Your Soul at Rest? Please enjoy the Gospel as found in the “Leather Journal” of Dr. Phil Newton of The Pillar Network. Information...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Dec 5, 20243 min read
Have You Thought of Your Prayer Life Lately, or Even of Taking Time to Pray-At All! Here is a Help Along Those Lines: A Devotional Thought!
A Devotional Thought for December 4 From the Pen of John Bunyan Author of Pilgrim's Progress "Of Prayer" “But when you pray, go into your...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Dec 4, 20242 min read
Who Says Today's Christians Are Not Persecuted? Here is a Testimony of Modern Day Martyrdom: Hossmein Soodmand
There is a presentation of Hossmein Soodmand's story on a YouTube presentation by his daughter ON THIS DAY, 3 DECEMBER 1990 , Iran hanged...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Dec 3, 20243 min read
Are You and I Like Bob Seger of the Silver Bullitt Band? Are We Running "Against the Wind"? Please Consider the Following Questions, Issues, and Answers!
The words and tune of this song are haunting--at various levels. Seger captures well then confesses the frustration and realization of a...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Dec 2, 20242 min read
The Prayer of a Non-Jew to Jesus: But Jesus Had Mercy on Her, Just Like He Does To All Who Come to Him By Faith Even to This Day! Think on That!
A Devotional for The Twenty Ninth Day of the November: A Sermon Excerpt From John Albert Broadus “The Prayer of the Woman of Canaan” [1]...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Nov 29, 20243 min read
They That Go Down To the Sea in Ships-These Give Thanks Unto the Lord...for His Mercy Endureth Forever!
Psalm 104 A Psalm of Thanksgiving 107 O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let the redeemed...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Nov 28, 20243 min read
"The Fall": Why Satan and "the Seed of the Woman" Have an Eternal Hatred for Each Other. Check it out!
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman [1] Between whom there had been so much familiarity, not only while...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Nov 27, 20243 min read
We Are to Revere with a Godly Fear Our Austere God: If There is No Reverence of This God There is No True Worship! Ponder That . . .
A Devotional for November 26 From the Pen of John Bunyan Author of Pilgrim's Progress An Austere God “. . . I was afraid of you because...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Nov 26, 20242 min read
"Reason for the Season"- Jesus is the Sign of the Prophecy and Fulfillment of Prophecy-He is the Incarnation-"God with Us"--"Immanuel"
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign [1] Whether they would ask one or not; a sign both in heaven and earth,...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Nov 25, 20243 min read
"A SHIPWRECK, A POEM, A HYMN, A TESTIMONY!" Of the Gospel . . .
A rendering of the French ocean liner SS Ville du Havre. The ship in which Spafford's family was traveling when struck by...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Nov 22, 20243 min read
One Means of God's Grace: “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight” Proverbs 9: 10. Are You Wise or Not?
A Devotional for November 21 From the Pen of John Bunyan Fear of the LORD as a Means of Grace “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Nov 21, 20242 min read
"Loyalty to Christ": The Fourth Reason Why Baptists Should Teach Our Distinctives-From Dr. John Albert Broadus
An Apologetic: The Nineteenth Day of the November “Reasons Why Baptists Ought to Teach Their Distinctive Views” [Reason #4] [1] There...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Nov 19, 20242 min read
"Why Baptists Ought to Teach Their Distinctive Views" Reason #3-From John Albert Broadus
A Devotional from John Albert Broadus The Eighteenth Day of the Month of November “Reasons Why Baptists Ought to Teach Their...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Nov 18, 20242 min read
Unapologetically! Reasons Why Baptists Ought to Teach Their Distinctive Views: An Apology or Defense! Reason #2
A Devotional: The Fourteenth Day of the November “Reasons Why Baptists Ought to Teach Their Distinctive Views” [Reason #2] [1] To...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Nov 14, 20244 min read
Unapologetically! Reasons Why Baptists Ought to Teach Their Distinctive Views: An Apology or Defense! Reason #1
Devotional for The Thirteenth Day of November “Reasons Why Baptists Ought to Teach Their Distinctive Views” [Reason #1] [1] From the Pen...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Nov 13, 20242 min read
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