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A Devotional--Has It Ever Occurred to You? “JESUS PRAYED FOR PETER—AND PRAYS for YOU and ME!”
A Devotional: “JESUS PRAYS FOR PETER—AND YOU and ME!” Please enjoy The Gospel as found in Charles Haddon Spurgeon’s “Morning and...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Aug 8, 20242 min read


Are you entering in at "The Straight Gate"? Are your feet walking "The Narrow Way"? Please think about it!
Are you entering in at "The Straight Gate"? Are your feet walking "The Narrow Way"? Think about it! This is a Sunday School teaching...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Aug 7, 20241 min read


Is A Broken Heart Over Your Sin An "Excellent" Thing? Think About It
The Excellence of a Broken Heart before God [1] (From the Pen of John Bunyan) [The] reason why a broken heart is to God such an excellent...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Aug 6, 20245 min read


A Devotional Thought: Do You Boast Of The Ungodly Desires Of Your Soul? Think About It Please!
August 5 The Boasts of the Wicked “For the wicked boasts of the desires of his souls, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Aug 5, 20242 min read


Is The Bible and Science Really At Odds With Each Other? Come and See!
“Science and Christianity”[1] An eminent man of science who is a church-member and a decided and outspoken Christian presents by no means...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Aug 2, 20243 min read


Are You Thirsty? Has All You Have Sought in This Life Been Vain and Empty? Come to the Fountain and Drink Freely!
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
Aug 1, 20241 min read


Does the Word of God Dwell in You Richly? Think about it!
Does the Word of God Dwell in You Richly? Think about it! Please enjoy the “Gospel” as found in the devotional writings and sermons of...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Jul 31, 20243 min read


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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