Dr. Roger D. Duke

“The Sin of Unbelief” [1] A Devotional from John A. Broadus We are in God’s world—we are bound to receive his teachings as truth, to rest...

That in All Things He Might Have the Preeminence: Essays in Honor of B. Gray Allison (This essay was originally an introduction to a...

“We All Need Somebody to Lean On!” Note: This blog was supposed to be posted before the end of 2019 but was delayed. 2019 marked fifty...

“The Valley of Vision” LORD, HIGH AND HOLY, MEEK AND LOWLY, Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision, Where I live in the depths but...

[Left: George Washington Truett—Sword of the Lord / Wikimedia File: GeorgeWTruett.jpg] (Adapted, adopted, and used by permission from the...

“HAVE THINE OWN WAY, LORD!” The Story Behind the Hymn Proverbs 13: 12 declares, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick: but when the desire...

“God Moves in a Mysterious Way” The Story Behind the Hymn This hymn is usually misquoted when used in popular parlance. Most people say,...

May 13 We Must Strive Lawfully! “An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules” 2 Timothy 2: 5. The answer in...

“Be Killing Sin or It Will Be Killing You” [1]: Rhetorical Insights Into John Owen’s “Mortification of Sin in Believers” [2]...

May 8 Keepers of the Door “Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murders and idolaters, and everyone who love...

John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled [1] . . . There were many things which must needs lie heavy upon, and greatly depress the minds...

Confession is Good for the Soul! Especially when you confess your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ! I John 1:9 If we confess our sins [1]...

Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me [1] This is the first command, and is opposed to the polytheism of the Gentiles, the...

Reflect On Your Sins You Brought Youself Into(!) By Joseph Alleine Oh! I see my heart has deceived me all this while, in flattering me...

Confession is Good for the Soul! Especially when you confess your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ! I John 1:9 If we confess our sins [1]...

THE SELF-EMPTYING OF CHRIST JESUS by Roy O. Beaman, Th. D. (This paper is posted in honor of one of my beloved professors Dr. Roy Beaman....

[Above: John Nelson Darby, 1840. Photograph taken in the garden of the Palais Eynard in Geneva. Public domain. Wikimedia File: John...

Matthew 25 (King James Version) 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to...

Luke 18:1-8 (King James Version) 18 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;...

"Just As I Am" Just as I am, without one plea But that Thy blood was shed for me And that Thou bid'st me come to Thee Oh, Lamb of God, I...