Dr. Roger D. Duke

The gavel of Final Judgment based on the reward of despising or fearing of GOD'S WORD! A Devotional for Tuesday November 18, 2025 From the pen of John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress Rewarded or Destroyed[!?] “For verily I say unto you, ‘Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled’” Matthew 5: 18 9

The Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ to sit in His GLORY! The Eternal Goal By Oswald Chambers By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing…I will bless you… Genesis 22:16-17 Abraham, at this point, has reached where he is in touch with the very nature of God. He now understands the reality of God. My goal is God Himself…At any cost, dear Lord, by any road. “At any cost…by any road” means submitting to God’s way of bringing us to the goal. There

Is Your Soul at Rest?   Please enjoy the Gospel as found in the “Leather Journal” of Dr. Phil Newton of The Pillar Network. Information on Bro. Phil can be found at https://thepillarnetwork.com/ . You can find other church ministries where he has served as pastor @ https://www.southwoodsbc.org. This is also brought to you by The Inverted Christian found here at https://www.invertedchristian.com/   Rest Quietly “The Lord your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior. He wi

Bring forth the Royal Diadem and Crown Him LORD of all! “All Hail the Power of Jesus Name” ©   “The Story Behind the Hymn” A Hymn of Coronation Scripture Portion   Rev. 4: 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns  before the throne saying, “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to received glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and

Do you have an evil heart of a pure heart? A Devotional for August 26, 2025 From the Pen of John Bunyan Author of Pilgrim's Progress Evil is Always Present “So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand” Romans 7: 21. As the righteous man must here be taken for the best part for the I [1] that would do good, for the I . . . hates the evil. So again, we must consider of the desires of this righteous man as they flow from that fountain of grac

Baptist's view of Believer's Baptism administered. A Devotional for the 14th Day of the November 2025 “Another Reason Why Baptists Ought to Teach Their Distinctive Views”   [1]   There is yet another reason —one full of solemn sweetness: To teach our distinctive views is not only a duty to ourselves, to our fellow-Christians, and to the unbelieving world, but it is a duty we owe to Christ; it is a matter of simple loyalty to him . Under the most solemn circumstances he uttere

The Synod of Dort This Day in Christian History for Thursday, November 13, 2025 Calvinists rejected Arminianism at the Synod of Dort [Calvin's] DOCTRINES of God’s sovereignty and man’s free will, of election and human choice are among the most difficult and contested in Christianity. Calvinists in the Netherlands convened the Synod of Dort on this day, 13 November 1618 , to deal with these issues.  Augustine, who “discovered” (his word) his doctrine of election while battling

John the Baptist baptizing Jesus! A Devotional for November 12, 2025 Please Read and Try to Understand!?  “Reasons Why Baptists Ought to Teach Their Distinctive Views” [1]     It is a duty we owe to ourselves . We must teach these views in order to be consistent in holding them. Because of these we stand apart from other Christians, in separate organizations - from Christians whom we warmly love and delight to work with. We have no right thus to stand apart unless the matter

Holiness Unto the LORD A Devotional for Tuesday November 11, 2025 The Great Issus is Holiness Unto the LORD Throughout All of the Scripture “You shall be holy to me, for I the LORD am holy have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine” Leviticus 20: 26. The judgments that sometimes God has executed upon men for their want of godly fear, while they have been in his worship and service, [to] put fear and dread upon his holy appointments.

A new person in Christ! 2 Corinthians 5:17   Therefore if any man be in Christ [1] 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 Father is in him, and the human nature is in him, but as husband and wife, and head and members are one: and there is an open being in Chr

Picture of Amy Carmichael as a young woman single missionary to India. This day in Christian History. From Christian History Institute   A Devotional for Sunday, November 9, 2025 from Christian History Institute Amy Carmichael Arrived in India to Save Children AMY CARMICHAEL was sick when she landed in India on this day, 9 November 1895. Friends had urged her to stay in England because of her neuralgia, a nerve disease that made her feeble and achy for weeks at a time. Had sh

Isaiah saw the LORD high and lifted up in the TEMPLE in Isaiah 6 and quaked! A Devotional for November 7, 2025 Where is Our Fear of God? “A son honors the father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? Malachi 1; 6b. [We tremble and fear] his name: I am, Jah, [and] Jehovah. What is by them intended but his nature, as his power, wisdom, eternity, goodness, and omnipotency—might be expressed and declared. Th

A look at the three crosses from inside the tomb after Jesus was raised from the dead! John Gill asks the Question: Do You Want to Know HIM; That is Jesus Christ? Philippians 3:10   That I may know him [1] 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 salvation: b

Michaelangelo's Last Judgment A Devotional for November 5, 2025 From John Bunyan Why Some Tremble Before God? “I will restore he fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, and rebuild them as they were at first. I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion me” Jeremiah 33: 7-8. And what mean the tremblings, the tears, those breakings and shakings of heart that attend the people of God, when in a

Jesus, as servant, washes His disciples' feet. A Devotional for The Fourth Day of the Month   “Spiritual Work has Rich Rewards” [1]   Scripture Portion "And he that reapeth receiveth wages," saith Jesus, "and gathereth fruit unto life eternal." John 4:36 Spiritual work has rich rewards. It has the reward of success. It is not in vain to try to do good to the souls of men through the truth of God and seeking his grace. Sometimes you may feel as if you were standing at the fo

Jesus telling one at the judgment, "Depart from Me for I never knew you!" A Devotional Thought for November 3, 2025 From the pen of John Bunyan author of Pilgrim's Progress His Presence is Dreadful to Us “When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his righthand on me, saying, ‘Fear not, I am the first and the last’” Revelation 1: 17. [One reason] . . . is God’s own greatness and majesty. The discovery of this or of himself thus, even as no poor mortals c

Luther's Ninety-Five Theses Brought Huge Changes in the Church ON THIS DAY, 31 October 1517 , in Wittenberg, Germany, one of the most famous events in Christian history occurred. A priest named Martin Luther nailed a challenge to a debate on the church door. It consisted of ninety-five statements, or theses , against the practice of indulgences—theses which he was willing to defend. Scholars commonly issued such challenges in those days.  Indulgences at first were rare, consi

Are you a big sinner? Or are you a small sinner? No matter Christ is Savior of all! Biggest Sinners Have the Most Need of Mercy [1] From the pen of John Bunyan author of Pilgrim's Progress He that has most need, reason says, should be helped first. I mean, when a helping hand is offered, and now it is; for the gospel of the grace of God is sent to help the world ( Act 16:9 ). But the biggest sinner has most need. Therefore . . . when mercy is sent down from heaven to men, the

Only in Christ is there true joy and rejoicing! A Colloquy on Rejoicing REMEMBER, O MY SOUL, It is thy duty and privilege to rejoice in God: He requires it of thee for all his favours of grace. Rejoice then in the Giver and his goodness, Be happy in him, O my heart, and in nothing but God, for whatever a man trusts in, from that he expects happiness. He who is the ground of thy faith should be the substance of thy joy. Whence then comes heaviness and dejection, when joy is so

Famous painting of God creating Adam Third Day of the Week Morning Prayer: God Creator and Controller MOST HIGH GOD, The universe with all its myriad creatures is thine, made by thy word, upheld by thy power governed by thy will. But thou art also the Father of mercies, the God of all grace, the bestower of all comfort, the protector of the saved. Thou hast been mindful of us, hast visited us, preserved us, given us a goodly heritage —the Holy Scriptures, the joyful gospel, t