Dr. Roger D. Duke

The LORD GOD OMNIPOTENT REIGHTH: All Must Bow the Knee Before JESUS CHRIST and Confess Him as LORD! Will It Be Now or In the After Life for You? Your Choice . . . Second Day of the Week Tuesday Morning: God [is] Over All Keep in mind the words of the renown theologian Dr. R C Sproul: "There is not one rouge atom of in [God's] universe"! O GOD ALL-SUFFICIENT, Thou hast made and upholdest all things by the word of thy power; darkness is thy pavilion, thou walkest on the wings o

Scriptural Convictions promote personal spiritual formation of the soul and promote fear over faith. Scriptural Convictions O GOD OF LOVE, I approach thee with encouragements derived from thy character, for I am not left to feel after thee in the darkness of my nature, nor to worship thee as the unknown God. I cannot find out thy perfections, but I know thou art good, ready to forgive, plenteous in mercy. Thou hast displayed thy wisdom, power, and goodness in all thy works, a

Two Kinds of Righteousness[1] A Devotional thought for June 18, 2026 From the pen of John Bunyan author of The Pilgrim's Progress Early English Baptist Puritan Two Kinds of Righteousness[1] “But now the righteousness of God have been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—” Romans 3 21. This text utterly excludes the law—what law? The law of works, the moral law, (Romans 3: 27)—and makes mention of another righteousness—even a rig

Love Lusters at Calvary! Have You Seen That GLORY by Repentance Towards God and Faith in the LORD Jesus Christ; and the REBIRTH?! Think About It . . . Love Lusters at Calvary Christ was all anguish that I might be all joy, cast off that I might be brought in, trodden down as an enemy that I might be welcomed as a friend, surrendered to hell’s worst that I might attain heaven’s best, stripped that I might be clothed, wounded that I might be healed, athirst that I might drink,

A Historical and Devotional thought for Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Booth and Mumford Partnered for the Gospel: The Results: The Salvation Army William and Catherine Booth who founded The Salvation Army-another denomination. (ABOVE: William and Catherine Booth—Thomas F. G. Coates, The Prophet of the Poor; the life story of General Booth. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1906. [source of William's image]; George Scott Railton, The Authoritative Life of General William Booth: Founde

Old and worn work boots that symbolize a life time of service for Christ and His Kingdom! Get A Move On By Oswald Chambers And beside this,…add… — 2 Peter 1:5 In the Matter of Drudgery You have inherited the Divine nature, says Peter (v.4), now screw your attention down and form habits, give diligence, concentrate. “Add” means all that character means. No man is born either naturally or supernaturally with character; he has to make character. Nor are we born with habits; we h

Do You Want to "Know Christ" and the Power of His Resurrection in Your Life? And the Fellowship of His Sufferings? That was Apostle Paul's Testimony! Is it Yours? Ponder That! That I may know him [1] Philippians 3:10 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

Getting There By Oswald Chambers Getting There; That is to Heaven! You Cannot Get There on Your Own. Jesus Declared "I Am The Way, The Truth, and The Life"! Are You Going "There"?! Jesus said, "Come unto Me." Matthew 11:28 Where the Sin and the Sorrow Cease and the Song and the Saint Commence Do I want to get there? I can now. The questions that matter in life are remarkably few, and they are all answered by the words — “Come unto Me.” Not — “Do this, or don’t do that”; but

Christianity's Difference: Jesus Christ is Raised from the Dead! And He Will Come Again; TO RAISE ALL WHO CALL ON HIM BY FAITH AND REPENTANCE! GLORY TO HIS NAME!! A Devotional for Wednesday June 10, 2026 From the Pen of John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress Sharers in His Resurrection “So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus” Romans 6: 11. By this . . . we have now escaped death. “Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead

Do You Know What It Takes To "Approach God"? Humbly Read and Consider This Prayer and Let It Sink Down Into Your Heart and Mind. You May Find Yourself Surprised?! Ponder That . . . . Act of Approach [To God] BENIGN LORD, I praise thee continually for permission to approach thy throne of grace, and to spread my wants and desires before thee. I am not worthy of thy blessings and mercies for I am far gone from original righteousness; My depraved nature reveals itself in disobedi

Lloyd-Jones Was Admired World-Wide for His Masterful Preaching (Head Shot of Lloyd-Jones. Christian History Institute.) Lloyd-Jones Was Admired World-Wide for His Masterful Preaching (Editorial comment: Please consider one of my all time favorite preachers that I have just recently discovered, enjoy!) IT IS NOT HARD to find testimonials from people who consider Martyn Lloyd-Jones one of the greatest preachers of the twentieth century. His books and recorded sermons give evide

Is God Foolish? Is God Weak? Check Out This Rhetorical Turn of a Phrase in the Apostle's Writings to Get Our Attention! Employed Showing God's Superiority to Humankind! Check It Out . . . A Devotional for Friday June 5, 2026 From the Pen of John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress God’s Foolishness Wiser than Men “For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men” 1 Corinthians 1: 25. That he suffered as a common person is true.

Jesus Second Coming with the glory of His Holy Angles. Are you prepared?! A Devotional Thought from Charles Haddon Spurgeon, famous English Baptist Pastor/Theologian form the 19th Century. "Received up into glory." 1 Timothy 3:16 We have seen our well-beloved Lord in the days of his flesh, humiliated and sore vexed; for he was "despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief." He whose brightness is as the morning, wore the sackcloth of sorrow as his

Jesus Christ declared He was the Way, the Truth, and the Life! Is He all of these to you? But we are all as an unclean thing[1] Isaiah 64:6 Or “we have been”; so all men are in a state of nature: man was made pure and holy, but by sinning became impure; and this impurity is propagated by natural generation, and belongs to all, none are free from it; and there is no cleansing from it but by the grace of God and blood of Christ: all are not sensible of it; some are, as the chu

Christ is our Righteousness. A Devotional Thought for Tuesday June 2, 2026 From the pen of John Bunyan, Early Baptist Pastor and Author of Pilgrim's Progress Christ [Is] Our Righteousness “For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinner, so by the one man’s obedience the many the many will be made righteous” Romans 5: 19 Now—to wit, what sin and the curse is—stand clear in all men’s sight, unless they be atheists or desperately heretical. I shall, therefore, in

Ezekiel questioned by God, could the dry bones live? God tells him to preach to the wind to come and "breathe" on them the "breath of life" so they can live. The Staggering Question By Oswald Chambers Son of man, can these bones live? — Ezekiel 37:3 Oswald Chambers reminds us, "It is much easier to do something than to trust in God; we mistake panic for inspiration." Can that sinner be turned into a saint? Can that twisted life be put right? There is only one answer: “O Lord,

John Gano RESISTED God For Two Years (BELOW: John Gano. New York Public Library's Digital Library / Wikimedia. Public domain.) Rendering of John Gano. JOHN GANO became a Christian in his early twenties. He studied the Westminster Catechism, expecting to join a Presbyterian Church—his godly father was Presbyterian. However he balked at the reasons the catechism gave for infant baptism. After a thorough study he concluded the Baptists are right: they teach that a person must be

Unquestioned Revelation By Oswald Chambers The beauties of Spring remind us annually of Christ's bodily physical resurrection and our ultimate resurrection because of His Resurrection. He is coming back to raise us with Himself! And in that day ye shall ask Me nothing. John 16:23 When is “that day”? When the Ascended Lord makes you one with the Father. In that day you will be one with the Father as Jesus is, and “in that day,” Jesus says, “ye shall ask Me nothing.” Until the

Jesus separates the Sheep from the Goats on the Last Day of Judgment. A Devotional for Wednesday May 27, 2026 From the pen of John Bunyan, British Baptist Pastor and author of The Pilgrims' Progress "Amazed by Their Disappointment" “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” Hebrews 10: 31. [The false professor’s] . . . disappointment will be fearful, so certainly it will be very full of amazement. 1. Will it not amaze them to be unexpectedly excluded fro

The Holy Spirit comes on the Day of Pentecost to initiate The Church. "Spiritus Sanctus" O Holy Spirit, As the sun is full of light, the ocean full of water, Heaven full of glory, so may my heart be full of thee. Vain are all divine purposes of love and the redemption wrought by Jesus except thou work within, regenerating by thy power, giving me eyes to see Jesus, showing me the realities of the unseen world. Give me thyself without measure, as an unimpaired fountain, an inex