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John Donne (c.1571-1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England. Under Royal Patronage, he was made Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London (1621–1631). He is considered the preeminent representative of the metaphysical poets....

Richard (Dick) Niell Donovan (1940-2020) was a retired Disciples of Christ clergyman and has been publishing SermonWriter since 1997. Dick served 26 years as a U.S. Army chaplain, including four years as the Homiletics Officer for the U.S. Army Chaplain Board, where he was charged with improving preaching in the Army. He...

Dr. Katharine Doob Sakenfeld is an American Old Testament scholar. She is Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis Emerita at Princeton Theological Seminary, having previously been William Albright Eisenberger Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis. She is a graduate of University of Rhode Island, Harvard Divinity School, and Harvard University. She was ordained...

Larry Doornbos is the president of Imagine Church and director of the New Horizons project. He is an experienced pastor, church planter, and leader. He began his ministry in Rehoboth, NM. During his time Rehoboth CRC took fresh steps in ministry and mission. In 1993, Larry, along with a core...

Paul Gustave Doré (1832-1883) was a French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor who worked primarily with wood-engraving. He did a series of 241 engravings for La Grande Bible de Tours, a new deluxe edition of the 1843 French translation of the Vulgate Bible, popularly known as the...

David Dorn II is the Senior Pastor of Faith UMC, Richmond, TX, and is a graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary. While in seminary David founded The Pursuit Blog and the Preposterous Project ministries on YouTube where he has accrued over a million views. He is a respected blogger at daviddorn2.com and MinistryMatters.com and author of...

Rev. Kenneth M. Dos Santos, MIC, is a member of the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy Province, located in Stockbridge, MA, and was ordained a priest in 2010. He is currently serving as a Provincial Councilor and is the Superior...

Rev. Dr. Timothy Dost is professor of Historical Theology and faculty secretary at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. He has been a faculty member at Concordia Seminary since 2002, after seventeen years in a variety of ministry and teaching roles. He is a graduate of University of Southern California, Concordia Seminary,...

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and journalist. Numerous literary critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as many of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres...

Gerrit Dou (1613-1675), also known as Gerard Douw or Dow, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders. He specialised in genre scenes and is noted for his trompe-l'œil "niche" paintings and candlelit night-scenes with strong chiaroscuro. He was a student of Rembrandt. (Source: wikipedia.org)