Pilgrim’s Progress: The Four Ladies (3:10)
It often seems that the bigger the celebrity, the more blindly many in the church welcomes them in with open arms and closed eyes and minds.
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.
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.
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.
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: Simple, Sloth, and Presumption (3:3)
These three have made peace with their chains and are snoring through their own destruction.
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.
Pilgrim’s Progress: Final Encouragement (2:13)
The Interpreter does not pretend the road is easy. He simply confirms that it is worth it.
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.
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.
THE RIVER WALK 