Rodney Duke's Devotional Bible and Theology

In some of my posts, I have objected to a characteristic of pop-level Christianity that focuses almost exclusively on the death of Jesus (unfortunately as penal substitution) and not on the whole salvific work of Christ.  Of course, in worship services, the Resurrection is celebrated as well as Pentecost.  But, unless one belongs to a highly liturgical church tradition...

This blog post is more a sad reflection to share rather than a devotional.  It begins with a story. I was in a waiting room and struck up a conversation with a man who works with a well-known Christian international charity.  He was working on organizing support regarding Ebola, which is wonderful.  I asked him if his organization had seen the repercussion of our ...

There is a difference between true faith and belief in doctrines about God, even if they are sound doctrines.  John Bunyan was advised by Mr. Gifford, his pastor and spiritual mentor, that people needed to be delivered from false tests of sound doctrine. He told us to pay special heed not to accept any truth just upon blind trust.  Instead to cry mightily to God so t...