Pilgrim’s Progress Stage 4: A Voice of Encouragement (4:8)

Christian was not alone. And though you may feel alone in your struggles, neither are you.

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Pilgrim’s Progress Stage 4: Whispers In The Dark (4:7)

He had not the wisdom either to stop his ears, or to know from whence those wicked words came.

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Pilgrim’s Progress Stage 4: The Narrow Path (4:6)

The ditch on the right represents the spiritual blindness that leads to doctrinal heresy.
The mire on the other side is sin that leads to despair.

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Pilgrim’s Progress Stage 4: Two Men Retreating (4:5)

Servants of God like this should not be rebuked or scorned. They should be honored for “going as far as they dared.”

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Pilgrim’s Progress Stage 4: The Victory (4:4)

How do we respond to the victories in our lives?

October Update

Continuing ConflictRecently, I have turned off notifications on my air alert app. This is an app that notifies me every time there is an air alert, an upgraded alert, or an end to the alert. The problem was, it was sending me between 30-50 notifications a day and familiarity breeds contempt. When I am not…

Pilgrim’s Progress Stage 4: The Break of Dawn (4:9)

This dark time will also come to pass. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. And it is not a train.

July Update

Slowing Down. As the school year came to a close, I feel like my life has gone from full throttle to full stop. And I love it. The beginning of June was full of creating and grading tests. Helping my procrastinating juniors and seniors somehow finish their paper (Church History) and business proposal (Economics).…

Pilgrim’s Progress Stage 4: The Battle (4:3)

Each time he took another wound, he grew weaker. Every time we fall to sin, it becomes harder to resist the next temptation.

Pilgrim’s Progress Stage 4: The Argument (4:2)

The accuser’s favorite tactic is a selective presentation of the evidence, stripped of the most important fact in the universe.

Pilgrim’s Progress Stage 4: Apollyon (4:1)

Whether or not Apollyon is Satan in this allegory, he still fights like Satan. And the way we defeat our adversary, whoever that may be, is still the same.