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From an Insane Mind: One of the Greatest Hymns of the Church!
Written by William Cowper There is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel’s veins, And sinners plunged beneath that flood ...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 25, 20241 min read


Daily Devotional: Is This Your "Convenient Time" to Trust Christ and Believe the Gospel?
April 24 Devotional "A More Convenient Time" “And as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 24, 20242 min read


The Art of Extemporaneous Preaching: Lessons from Charles Spurgeon
Article by Geoff Chang Professor, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Posted at "Desiring God" April 22, 2024...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 23, 20248 min read


Daily Devotional: Man Ask of God; "What is Man That You Are Mindful of Him"?
April 22 What is Man? “What is man, that you make so much of him, and that you set your heart on him” Job 7: 17. An enemy to God: By...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 22, 20242 min read


Has Christ Called Me? Have You Heard the Master's Voice?
Has Christ Called Me? “Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure. . ..” 2 Peter 1:10. How...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 19, 20242 min read


Jesus Had No Place To Lay His Head: He Had No Bed!
April 18 Not Even a Bed “And Jesus said to him, ‘Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 18, 20242 min read


Are You Chosen? PREDESTINATION: COMFORT OR CONUNDRUM?
PREDESTINATION: COMFORT OR CONUNDRUM? Guest Blogger: In Memory Of and Written By Rev. Carlston “RED” Berry [Taken from Rev. Carlston...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 17, 20244 min read


The Inverted Christian: The Way Up is Down and Vice Versa
"The Way Up is Down" By AlanP, December 11th, 2009 Internet [Address: http://www.godismysource.org/blog/2009/the-way-up-is-down Used by...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 16, 20243 min read


A Free Black Minister: COLORFUL JOHN MARRANT LEFT AN INCREDIBLE NARRATIVE
[Title page of Marrant's 1815 life; how much was fact, and how much symbolism? public domain] (Adapted, adopted, and used by permission...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 15, 20244 min read


PHILADELPHIA'S FREED SLAVES FOUNDED AN INNOVATIVE SOCIETY
[Raphaelle Peale (1774–1825), Portrait of Absalom Jones—Delaware Art Museum, User:Delart / public domain Wikimedia File:Absalom-Jones...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 12, 20242 min read


April 11 Devotional: Is God Sovereign or NOT?!
(God's Creation of Adam. Michelangelo on the Sistine Chapel in the Public Domain) April 11 God’s Gracious Contrivance [1] “In him we have...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 11, 20242 min read


Is Christ Divided? What About Jesus Divinity and Humanity?
[Imaginary portrait of Vigilius. Chevalier Artaud de Montor. Lives and Times of the Popes. New York: Catholic Publication Society of...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 11, 20243 min read


John Bunyan Asks: Do You Fear Death?
April 10 "Fear at Death" “And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: and the rich man...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 10, 20242 min read


A Church Fight? Or the Heart of the Gospel of Christ and His Divinity?
[Nestorius as imagined by Romeyn de Hooghe —History of the Churches and Heretics...until the year Our Lord 1688 / public domain,...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 10, 20243 min read


John Bunyan Ask: "Is Your Life Full of the Joy of Christ"?
April 9 Fullness of Joy “You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 9, 20242 min read


A Poem by Anne Bradstreet: "To My Dear and Loving Husband"
"To My Dear and Loving Husband" A Poem Dedicated to Her Husband BY ANNE BRADSTREET If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 8, 20241 min read


On This Day in Christian History: The Father of Sunday School!
[Above: Robert Raikes. W. J. Townsend, H. B. Workman, and George Eayrs, eds. A New History of Methodism, Vol 1. London: Hodder and...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 5, 20243 min read


Are You an Arminian or a Calvinist?
EPISCOPIUS AND THE ARMINIAN SYSTEM OF THEOLOGY [Episcopius, public domain] (Adapted, adopted, and used by permission from the Christian...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 4, 20243 min read


Devotional Thought: God Extends His Grace Before We Are Converted!
(The images are Ashtoreth that King Manasseh made Jerusalem and Judah to worship.) April 4 God’s Grace Before Conversion “Moreover,...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 4, 20242 min read


See One of My Latest Releases: God's Glory in Baptist History: A Volume of Essays to Remember Terry Wolever
God's Glory in Baptist A Memorial Volume for Terry Wolever Edited by Michael A. G. Haykin "Terry Lee Wolever A Christian. A Calvinist. A...

Dr. Roger D Duke
Apr 4, 20242 min read
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