Welcome to the Quiet Heart Press READINGS page, where you will find interesting and thought-provoking articles on life in general, and the Christian life in particular. Unless otherwise noted, all works are by David A. Duke, your host here at Quiet Heart Press, who retains all rights to these works.

Links to the READINGS and descriptions of each are shown below. Additional articles will be posted now and then.

Work by other authors may sometimes be found by following this link.  (If the link is not highlighted, there is no guest work currently on site)

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FORGETTING YOU    How can I forget you?  A selection from the Brilliant Rainbow Twine booklet.

FOR WOMEN ONLY    Ladies, here is something you should know.

THE DEATH OF ARBOR GREEN   ... not what you might think ...

CONFESS     What does it mean to "confess" something?  This is worth reading, even if you already know.

LEAF   Little things mean a lot. A selection from the Brilliant Rainbow Twine booklet.

BUILD THE HOUSE     Is there a simple plan for building a successful life ... reaching a goal ... whatever?  Yes, and here it is.

HOW TO DRIVE GOD AWAY     Want to drive God out of your life?  Need to know how?  The nation of Israel drove God out of their lives for 400 years, and here is how they did it.

MUCKYFEET     Simple reasons to live a clean life, illustrated by an important event in Jesus' life.

WHY DID GOD DO THIS?     Why do bad things happen to good people?  Why does God allow tragedy and violence?  Why do the innocent suffer?  If God is good, and God is love, why does He allow terrorism and torture and disaster? This Reading is Chapter 8 of "Abiding In The Vine", which is a study of the passage from John 15.  In this chapter these hard questions are examined and answered, if we will only read and believe. This document is in PDF format, and requires a PDF reader.

"NOBODY'S PERFECT ... WRONG!"     If you read nothing else in this site, read Matthew 5:48 and then read this.  You'll be glad you did.

A CHRISTMAS PRAYER     Thoughts of blessings and gratitude ...

DEALING WITH A GREAT LOSS    (originally titled, "For Joni")
How do we live with a great loss in our lives?

A VIEW FROM WHERE I AM TO WHERE I WAS
Taking a look back to a "valley" in our lives, while climbing upward.

TERMINAL BRANCHES   The short work that later became the full-length book, "Abiding In The Vine", found here at Quiet Heart Press.

ALONE     What does it really mean to be alone?  How can we end loneliness?

TRILOGY     What do we do when we realize we are far from God?  Poetry with a purpose.

A GLASS HALF --  STOP!     I promised myself, if a woman ever tried that mangy old dog on me, 
I'd never see her again! 

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TRUTH MATTERS!   What is the truth about the Last Days? Why are there so many different opinions about what will happen, and when it will happen, in the End Times? All the different interpretations can't be right, so some must be wrong. Why does God allow Christians to believe wrong things?

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QUESTIONS ABOUT THE END TIMES: Main page for the questions below, with introduction

WILL CHRISTIANS GO THROUGH THE TRIBULATION? Will Jesus come back and save us
from the Tribulation by taking us out of this world in the Rapture before the Tribulation starts?

WILL CHRISTIANS BE ON EARTH WHEN THE ANTI-CHRIST IS REVEALED?
Yes!

CAN JESUS RETURN RIGHT NOW - even before I finish reading this sentence?

Will the MARK OF THE BEAST be a RFID chip-based system - something that was
never possible until this time in history?

Will Rome rise again as a REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE and be the last great kingdom
of men, where the anti-christ will rise to power and rule the world?

GOG and MAGOG - IS THERE A RUSSIAN CONNECTION?
Maybe, but that is not the first question you should ask about Gog.