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Duane T. Loynes Sr.

Duane T. Loynes Sr.

Dr. Duane T. Loynes Sr. is a professor of Urban Studies and Africana Studies at Rhodes College. He resides in Memphis, Tennessee, with his wife Ericka and their son Duane Jr., and is an active member of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
Devotionals

Hope for Our Sinful Debt

Read: Colossians 2:8-15 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses. (v.

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Devotionals

Hope for Our Failures

Read: Colossians 4:1-11 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas. (v. 10) I love a good redemption story. I love a story where someone makes

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Devotionals

Hope for the Doubtful

Read: Matthew 11:1-11 Are you the one who is to come? (v. 3) Like most Americans, I remember where I was on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. I was getting married

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Devotionals

Hope for the Grieving

Read: Psalm 46:1-3 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. (v. 1) Horatio Spafford was a lawyer in Chicago in the middle of the 19th

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Devotionals

Hope for the Small Stuff

Read: 1 Peter 5:1-7 Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. (v. 7) In college, I was part of a vibrant campus ministry. We would meet

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Devotionals

Hope for Inadequacy

Read: Isaiah 40:29-31 They who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength. (v. 31) One of the common issues discussed among college faculty is what’s known as impostor syndrome.

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Devotionals

Hope for the Afflicted

Read: Genesis 41:46-57 The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.” (v. 52) Do you know the inspirational

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Devotionals

Hope for the Outmatched

Read: 1 Samuel 17:41-50 For the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hand. (v. 47) In the Disney classic The Lion King, there is a

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Devotionals

Hope for the Meek

Read: Matthew 5:1-12 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. (v. 5) Bruce Lee was a legendary figure. A phenomenal martial artist and actor, Lee used his

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