Roger Duke
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Roger Duke
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Editor's Note: This is the fourth installment in a new series called Behind the Hymns. Dr. Roger D. Duke explores the history behind Christianity's most treasured hymns. Dr. Roger D. Duke serves as the Scholar-in-Residence at Stage & Story.
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[1] As an aside, some people do not realize that song writers are “poets with a guitar.” That is, songs are poetry before they are ever set to music. [2]Bailey, 96. [3]Genesis 35:11. [4]Bailey, 96. [5]Ibid. [6]See also: Revelation Chapters 5, 21, & 22. [7]I Corinthians 16:22. [8]Revelation 22: 20. [9]Charles Wesley, “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling,” in Tom Fettke, senior ed., The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration (Waco: Word Music, 1986), 92. [10]II Corinthians 3: 18, KJV. [11]Revelation 4:10, KJV. [12]Diane Severance, “Charles Wesley,” Christianity.com, April 28, 2010, https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1701-1800/charles-wesley-11630230.html [13]Ibid. [14]Ibid.
Dr. Roger D. Duke is an advisory board member and the scholar-in-residence at Stage & Story. Dr. Duke is an ordained Baptist minister and has taught at the college and graduate school levels for over 20 years. Dr. Duke holds graduate degrees from The University of the South’s School of Theology at Sewanee, TN; The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; and Harding University’s Graduate School of Religion. He has written or contributed to more than ten volumes (including works on John Bunyan). Visit his website at www.invertedchristian.com. His published work can be found on his website and his Amazon Author's Page. He has been happily married to Linda Young Duke for nearly 44 years. They have three adult children and four robust grandsons.