Pilgrim’s Progress: Return of the Evangelist (1:12)
There is no recovery without honesty, and Evangelist, who loves Christian enough to be hard on him, refuses to skip the honesty.
Pilgrim’s Progress: Mr. Worldly Wiseman (1:10)
The life Worldly Wiseman describes, orderly, respectable, burden-free through the careful cultivation of moral living, sounds genuinely appealing.
Pilgrem’s Progress: Help Helps (1:9)
Help is just someone who is there at the right moment. He does the necessary thing. And then he steps back out of the limelight.
Pilgrim’s Progress: The Slough of Despond (1:7)
The Slough of Despond is not an obstacle placed there by an enemy. It is not a punishment. It is simply the natural consequence of a person who has just come alive to their own sinfulness.
Pilgrim’s Progress: Obstinate and Pliable (1:6)
Obstinate and Pliable are people who are in our churches, in our small groups, in our families… and in our own mirrors?
Pilgrim’s Progress: Flight From Home (1:5)
He is running toward a gate he has never seen, because a man he barely knows pointed toward a light in the far off distance.
Pilgrim’s Progress: The Wicket Gate (1:4)
You cannot see it from a distance and demand proof before you take a step. The gate only reveals itself to those already walking.
In The Moment
I know that His grace is far more than sufficient for all of my failures. But sometimes in the moment, I don’t know know it. Do you know what I mean? Am I the only one?
Rebuilding The Walls
When Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem to begin rebuilding the walls, he had no idea just exactly what he was stepping into.
As You Are
Each of you should continue to live in whatever situation the Lord has placed you, and remain as you were when God first called you. This is my rule for all the churches. (1 Corinthians 7:17) Read: Nehemiah 1:1 – 3:14, 1 Corinthians 7:1-24, Psalm 31:19-24, Proverbs 21:4 Relate: Using marriage, circumcision, slavery Paul gives three…
THE RIVER WALK 