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: 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.
Pilgrim’s Progress: The Fire (2:9)
We need to remember that the One who started the fire is also the One keeping it burning
Waging War
I guess burning people alive and chopping other’s heads off isn’t enough. Now they won’t even let little kids play on PLAYGROUNDS!
Without Cause
The best thing you can do in a situation where someone seems to dislike you for no reason at all is to love them like Jesus loved us.
Unclean
But the voice spoke again: “Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.” Acts 10:15 Read: 1Kings 14:1-15:24, Acts 10:1-23, Psalm 133:1-3, Proverbs 17:7-8 Relate: Who are the “unclean” ones for you? For me it’s Red Sox fans. No, stop laughing, I’m serious. If you want proof of the existence of evil in this…
Powerless
I don’t have much more time to talk to you, because the ruler of this world approaches. He has no power over me, but I will do what the Father requires of me, so that the world will know that I love the Father. Come, let’s be going. (John 14:30-31) Read: Jeremiah 2:31 – 4:18, Colossians 1:1-17, Psalm 76:1-12, Proverbs…
Satan
When the crowd heard the voice, some thought it was thunder, while others declared an angel had spoken to him. Then Jesus told them, “The voice was for your benefit, not mine. The time for judging this world has come, when Satan, the ruler of this world, will be cast out.” (John 12:29-31) Read: 1 Chronicles 4:24 – 5:17, Psalms 137:1-9, Jeremiah 52:28-30, Ezekiel 32:17 – 33:20 Relate: In the five…
Who Dares To Defy My God? (5/15/13)
Read: 1Samuel 17:1-18:4, John 8:21-30, Psalm 111:1-10, Proverbs 15:11 Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God? (1 Samuel 17:26) Relate: Growing up I loved numbers. That’s an understatement. I loved statistics to the point I was definitely a bit OCD about it. OK… more than a bit. I remember sitting there in…
The Kingdom’s Advance (4/9/13)
Read: Deuteronomy 33:1-29, Luke 13:1-21, Psalm 78:65-72, Proverbs 12:25 He also asked, “What else is the Kingdom of God like? It is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough.” (Luke 13:20-21) Relate: A couple months back I…
THE RIVER WALK 