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Have All Things Become New To You? All of Those Who Are "In Christ" Experience Newness, All the Old has Past Away!
New Life In Christ! A Devotional from the pen of Dr. John Gill For March 12, 2025 May God's Word Speak to Your Heart 2 Corinthians 5:17 ...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 123 min read
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William Carey: "Father of Modern (Evangelical) Missions" One of My Favorite Missionaries. I Even Wrote a Book about Him!
William Carey: "Father of Modern (Evangelical) Missions" Years of William Carey's Work Went up in Flames AT ABOUT SIX in the evening on...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 112 min read
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Hope is not the "I hope so..." or "Maybe so..." in our popular parlance. HOPE in Bible terminology is "Confident Optimism" in God's Promises as Set Forth in the "Old Book!"
HOPE is "Confident Optimism" in the Bible and its promises. WHAT IS THE BIBLE UNDERSTANDING OF "HOPE" According to the John MacArthur’...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 101 min read
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Felicitas, a Slave, Triumphed over Satan in the Carthage Arena-Has Christ Triumphed Over the Slave to Sin and Satan I Am? Ponder That!
Felicitas, a Slave, Triumphed over Satan in the Carthage Arena IN 202, Emperor Septimus Severus was cracking down on traitors to the...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 73 min read
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Jesus Cried, "My God, My God" on Our Behalf! Have Your Cried "My God, My God" on Your Own Behalf?
Jesus cries out on the Cross, "My God, My God why hast thou forsaken me?"! A Devotional for The Sixth Day of the March 2025 From the Pen...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 63 min read
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Are You and I Ready, Willing, and Able to Loose Our Head for the Sake of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ?! Please Ponder That!
A sketch rendering of Thomas von Imbroek being beheaded! Anabaptist printer Thomas von Imbroek Lost His Head THOMAS VON IMBROEK was a...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 52 min read
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"Things Worthy of Our Consideration": Is Suffering or Persecution Something Worth Your Consideration, for You?
A Christian reading he Bible in jail. A Devotional Thought for March 4, 2025 From the Pen of John Bunyan Taken from Daily Readings of...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Mar 42 min read
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Do You Desire To Know Jesus Christ, "And the Power of His Resurrection, And the Fellowship of His Sufferings?" Quite a Question to Ponder No Doubt!?
"That I May Know Him (Jesus Christ)" A Devotional for The Twenty Eighth Day of February 2025 Borrowed from Dr. John Gill Early English...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Feb 283 min read
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Of Many That Worship, Not All Are Always True Worshippers? How Is Your Heart When You Go To Worship? Think About It?
A Devotional Reading for February 28, 2025 From the pen of John Bunyan Author of Pilgrim's Progress And persecuted for his faith and...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Feb 272 min read
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Some “General Remarks on the Resurrection of Christ” from Dr. John Albert Broadus. Food for Thought!
The empty tomb after Christ's Resurection with the stone rolled away. A Daily Devotional For The Twenty Sixth Day of February 2025 From...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Feb 262 min read
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Christ Is All We Need For Eternal Life: He is Our Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption; Says the Apostle Paul! Please Ponder That!
A Devotional Reading from the pen of Dr. John Gill for the Twenty Fifth Day of February 2025 Taken from an unpublished 31 devotional...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Feb 253 min read
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Have You Ever Been On Your Knees or On Your Face in Worship Before God? Please Ponder That!
A Devotional Thought for February 24, 2025 From the Pen of John Bunyan Taken from Daily Readings Edited by Dr. Roger D Duke The Second of...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Feb 242 min read
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!["[W]hen I run, I feel His [God's] pleasure," Confessed Eric Liddell. This Quote Comes from the Movie "Chariots of Fire". Check It Out!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81b3bb_b8f25cb102394b25b97d3ec0e3deb588~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/81b3bb_b8f25cb102394b25b97d3ec0e3deb588~mv2.webp)
"[W]hen I run, I feel His [God's] pleasure," Confessed Eric Liddell. This Quote Comes from the Movie "Chariots of Fire". Check It Out!
Eric Liddell, running for "God's Pleasure"! IN CHINA, Eric Liddell asked his students if they believed Christ’s Sermon on the Mount....
Dr. Roger D Duke
Feb 212 min read
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Consider: In This New Year of 2025, Jesus Is Looking for You! Is Jesus Knocking at Your (Heart's) Door? Please Ponder This Very Great and Eternal Question?!
Jesus knocks on your heart's door. Will you invite Him to come in? Is Jesus Knocking at Your Door? The Bible says in Revelation 3:20 "...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Feb 202 min read
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“Who is Worthy?” Christ Alone is Worthy To Open The Book and Break Its Seals; According To The Book of Revelation!
Christ comes in GLORY on the LAST DAY and He is the ONLY ONE worthy to open the BOOK described in the REVELATION! “Who is Worthy?” (Only...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Feb 203 min read
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Consider: When the Resurrected and Ever Living Christ Comes Again, He Will Resurrect All Who Believe(d) in Him! GLORY to GOD!
Jesus Christ comes in the clouds with all His GLORY! A Devotional Thought for the Nineteenth Day of February 2025 Taken from the New...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Feb 193 min read
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On This Day in Church History-February 18-"Pilgrim's Progress" Bunyan's Famous Allegory Was First Published. Give it a Look See . . .
Pilgrim in his rags as he flees the City of Destruction with the Word of God in his hand. NEXT TO THE BIBLE, John Bunyan’s allegory of...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Feb 183 min read
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“Unbelief is a Great Sin—It Fosters All Other Sins”: Do You Believe in Christ Alone? Or, Are You Still in Unbelief?
"Faith" is the noun. "Trust" is the verb! A Devotional for the Seventeenth Day of February 2025 From the Desk of Dr. John Albert Broadus...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Feb 172 min read
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A Different Valentine's Message for You: Do You Believe "God's Word Raises the Dead"? John Bunyan Emphatically Does, Check It Out!
Jesus' Word raises the dead because He is "The Resurrection" in Himself! A Valentine's Day Devotional for February 14, 2025 From the Pen...
Dr. Roger D Duke
Feb 142 min read
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Does Your Heart Move You "To Love the LORD Your God" with All Your Heart? A Thought Worth Consideration No Doubt!
The Greatest Commandment: To Love the LORD thy God with All your Heart. A Devotional for Thursday February 13, 2025 From the Pen of Dr....
Dr. Roger D Duke
Feb 132 min read
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