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Pilgrim’s Progress: The Lions (3:9)

The lions were powerless to touch him because one greater had beckoned him forward. 

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Pilgrim’s Progress: The Arbor (3:6) and The Lost Roll (3:8)

All that I had really lost was some time and a lot of anxiety.

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June Update

This will actually be the first summer since ’18 that I have been in the US in the summer time and the first time since the peak of COVID craziness that I have been there for more than a week or two. Needless to say, this will be a much needed and long overdue holiday.

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Pilgrim’s Progress: The Three Paths (3:5)

These “shortcuts” are clearly marked for those with eyes to see it. The question is whether we are reading the signs.

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Pilgrim’s Progress: Formalist & Hypocrisy (3:4)

As long as you are on the road, what does it matter how you got there? The destination is the same, isn’t it?

Pilgrim’s Progress: Timorous and Mistrust (3:7)

When the Bible says “do not be afraid”, it is a warning against allowing our fear to rule us, not having a healthy natural reaction to our circumstances.

19 hours ago June 14, 2026 in Pilgrims Progress.

Mid May Update

Since the end of the May 9 ceasefire, Russia has launched 1560 drones, 80 guided missiles, and 56 ballistic missiles at Ukraine…

May 17, 2026 in Uncategorized.

Pilgrim’s Progress: Simple, Sloth, and Presumption (3:3)

These three have made peace with their chains and are snoring through their own destruction.

May 5, 2026 in Pilgrims Progress.

Pilgrim’s Progress: The Three Shining Ones (3:2)

He is clothed in something entirely new that does not belong to him by nature. It is the only kind of righteousness that can actually stand before a holy God.

May 4, 2026 in Uncategorized.

Pilgrim’s Progress: The Cross & The Sepulcher (3:1)

The cross is the only place in all of Bunyan’s allegorical world, and in all of the real world too, where the burden can be removed.

May 3, 2026 in Pilgrims Progress.

Pilgrim’s Progress: Final Encouragement (2:13)

The Interpreter does not pretend the road is easy. He simply confirms that it is worth it.

May 2, 2026 in Pilgrims Progress.

May Update

May monthly missions update

May 1, 2026 in Uncategorized.

Pilgrim’s Progress: The Dreamer’s Vision (2:12)

Any vision that makes the path toward God feel more urgent is not cruelty. It is mercy in a particularly bracing form.

April 27, 2026 in Pilgrims Progress.

Pilgrim’s Progress: The Iron Cage (2:11)

He is in a cage of his own making, forged from his own choices, and he cannot get out.

April 23, 2026 in Pilgrims Progress.

Pilgrim’s Progress: The Stately Palace (2:10)

They will stand at that door forever, wanting without willing, hoping without committing. The palace will remain something they observed from a distance rather than something they ever actually entered.

April 22, 2026 in Pilgrims Progress.

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