Pilgrim's Progress: Doubting Castle and the Delectable Mountains Today we watch Christian and Hopeful seek the easy way out of difficult times only to end out in great difficulty and deep depression. It is only when they remember to pray (and subsequently remember the Promise of God) that they are able to escape Giant Despair. From thence they head to the Delectable Mountains, … [Read more...] about 11.2.08 – Doubting Castle and the Delectable Mountains [Pilgrim’s Progress]
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10.26.08 – By-ends and Hopeful [Pilgrim’s Progress]
Pilgrim's Progress: By-ends and Hopeful Our next section of the Pilgrim's Progress concerns Christian's departure from Vanity Fair, his new companion Hopeful, won by the testimony of Christian and Faithful, and their encounter with a crowd of characters whose only interest in religion is how they may profit from it. Christian's answer is a powerful argument against the … [Read more...] about 10.26.08 – By-ends and Hopeful [Pilgrim’s Progress]
10.19.08 – Vanity Fair [Pilgrim’s Progress]
Pilgrim's Progress: Vanity Fair This week we cover the experience of Christian and Faithful as they go through Vanity Fair. No one can escape the Fair, since the Way to the Celestial City leads through it. It represents the world, with all things respectable and profane, but things which distract Christians from the Way. The pilgrims do not fit in with the fair and offend the … [Read more...] about 10.19.08 – Vanity Fair [Pilgrim’s Progress]
10.12.08 – Faithful and Talkative [Pilgrim’s Progress]
Pilgrim's Progress: Faithful and Talkative In this session, Christian meets up with Faithful who becomes his companion for a part of the way to the Celestial City. Faithful recounts his experience till the point he meets Christian and although they travelled the same way, their experiences differed. In this we see that though there is one way, one destination, one faith, and … [Read more...] about 10.12.08 – Faithful and Talkative [Pilgrim’s Progress]
10.5.08 – Two Dark Valleys [Pilgrim’s Progress]
Pilgrim's Progress: Two Dark Valleys This week we had a brief review of a couple of points from last week's lesson and began to look at Christian's progress through two valleys. The first involves his encounter with Apollyon, where Christian wins the day by virtue of his humility and use of the Word of God. The second is the Valley of the Shadow of Death where Christian must … [Read more...] about 10.5.08 – Two Dark Valleys [Pilgrim’s Progress]