Pilgrim’s Progress: The Dusty Room (2:7)
We were created to do good works just as the sweeping servant is doing what he was hired to do. But without the good news of God’s grace, our works under the law alone do nothing but stir up trouble.
We were created to do good works just as the sweeping servant is doing what he was hired to do. But without the good news of God’s grace, our works under the law alone do nothing but stir up trouble.
The narrow way has a quality about it that the broader paths lack. It requires something of you
Whether strong or gentle, whether gradual or sudden, there is always the pull.
The door swings wide, and the pilgrim who has no claim to anything but his own desperate need steps across the threshold.
“My wayward children,” says the Lord, “come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts.” Jeremiah 3:22 Read: Isaiah 6:1-8, Luke 15:11-32 Pilgrim’s Progress Stage 1 Part 13 Relate: Christian weeps. Not the vague, atmospheric weeping of the opening pages, but the specific, targeted grief of a man who now understands exactly what he…
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.
Most of us spend enormous energy making sure our rags do not show.
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?
I fully agree with those who have called this the worst freelance gig in history.
We are not just blind. We are blind to our blindness.