Journey to the Celestial City #5. In our continuing look at John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress,” today we find the man, Christian (whose name previously was Graceless), through the good word of his testimony, has persuaded one, Pliable, to follow along with him towards the Wicket Gate. They go on to discourse together concerning the things […]
Enemies in the Way
August 22, 2008 by
Journey to the Celestial City #4. In our continuing look at John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress,” today we find the man, Graceless, heading towards the Wicket Gate while various people seek to hinder him. Among these are his wife and little ones, his neighbors and then two gentlemen in particular by the names of Obstinate and […]
A Message of Grace
August 20, 2008 by
Journey to the Celestial City #3. In our continuing look at John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress,” today we find the man, Graceless, in fear of death and judgment. While in his distress he comes across another, Evangelist by name, who encourages Graceless to journey towards the Wicket Gate for help and instruction. And when we discover […]
An Awful State
August 18, 2008 by
Journey to the Celestial City #2. In our continuing look at John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress,” today we find the man whose name is Graceless continuing to be wracked over his upset condition. His grief is further complicated by the book in his hand. Upon reading it, Graceless is moved to exclaim, “What shall I do […]
Test Your Knowledge of the Old Testament
August 8, 2008 by
Do you know your Bible? Well, let’s just find out if you do with a quiz. How ’bout it? This is now the second in a series entitled: “Test Your Knowledge of the Bible.” The first test was on the New Testament. This second test will focus on the Old Testament. When you’re finished you’ll […]
Test Your Knowledge of the New Testament
July 15, 2008 by
This is the first in a series entitled: “Test Your Knowledge of the Bible.” This first test has to do with the New Testament. What do you know about it? Let’s find out with the following questions (you’ll be able to check how many you get right below): 1. How many different books make up […]
On Appointed Tasks and Talking Donkeys
May 10, 2008 by
It’s interesting in the story of Christ riding on a donkey as He enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday (Matthew 21:1ff), how the donkey just moments prior to the disciples coming to get him for His God-given appointed task, my friends, he was really just wallowing and whining and lamenting the fact that he’d never been […]
What is Truth? – Part 2
January 27, 2008 by
With Jesus standing before him, Pilate asked the question, “What is truth?” And it was because Pilate lived in a day much like our own, I’m convinced, where we just don’t know what to believe anymore since it isn’t always the case that we can trust what we’re being told. Right? We literally live in […]
What is Truth? – Part 1
January 12, 2008 by
Many years ago Pilate asked Jesus the question, “What is truth?” And Pilate asked that question, I’m convinced, because he lived in a day much like our own – where we just don’t know what to believe anymore. Do you ever find yourself feeling like that? And as everything that happens and everything that’s talked […]
Talking Politics and Religion – Part 2
June 9, 2007 by
I know that “Politics and religion don’t mix” (as they say), but I’m talking about it again anyway. The question I want to consider is: Was Jesus a liberal or a conservative? What do you think? In my first post in this series (Talking Politics and Religion – Part 1) I said that, “Of course, […]
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