17. Our Great Burden

17. Our Great Burden
CHRISTIAN: What you describe us certainly what I am seeking after, namely to be rid of my burden. But I cannot get relief by myself, nor do I know of a man in our country who can lift it off from my shoulders. So, for this reason I am heading…
February 6, 2023Posted inDevotional, The King's Highway

16. Questionable Advice

16. Questionable Advice
WORLDLY-WISEMAN: Hello there, my good fellow, and where are you traveling with such a burdened manner? CHRISTIAN: Yes, it certainly is a burdened manner, and as good a one as any poor creature ever had. As to where I am going, sir, let me tell you. I am on my…
February 5, 2023Posted inDevotional, The King's Highway

15. Mr. Worldly Wiseman

15. Mr. Worldly Wiseman
Now as Christian was walking all alone, he notices someone else in the distance on his way across the field coming to meet him. And so it happened that they met just when their paths crossed. The name of this particular gentleman was Mr. Worldly Wiseman who resided in the…
January 16, 2023Posted inDevotional, The King's Highway

14. Pliable Arrives Home

14. Pliable Arrives Home
Now I [Bunyan] saw in my dream that by this time, Pliable had arrived back at his house. So, his neighbors came to visit him, and some of them called him wise on account of his return to his home; some called him a fool for endangering himself with Christian's…
January 10, 2023Posted inDevotional, The King's Highway

13. The Way Through Despair

13. The Way Through Despair
It is not the pleasure of the King that this place should remain in such a bad condition. For this reason, His laborers have, according to the direction of His Majesty's surveyors, been employed for sixteen hundred [now over two-thousand] years attempting to mend this piece of ground. Yes, to…
January 1, 2023Posted inDevotional, The King's Highway

12. The Arrival of Help

12. The Arrival of Help
However, I [Bunyan] saw in my dream that a man came to him named Help, (1) and he asked Christian, "What are you doing here? CHRISTIAN: Sir, I was advised to go this way by a man named Evangelist, and he directed me toward the Wicket-gate ahead so that I…
December 28, 2022Posted inDevotional, The King's Highway

Angels: Light Shines in the Darkness

Angels: Light Shines in the Darkness
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” Luke 2:13-14 (ESV) Angels are terrifying! Forget those cute little chubby babies that you sometimes see in paintings. They…
December 24, 2022Posted inAdvent, Devotional

11. The Slough of Despond

11. The Slough of Despond
Now I saw in my dream that just as they had ended this talk, they drew near to a very miry slough [filthy quagmire] that was in the middle of the plain. And not watching where they were going, they both suddenly fell into the bog. The name of the…
December 21, 2022Posted inDevotional, The King's Highway

Shepherds: God Speaks to Unlikely People

Shepherds: God Speaks to Unlikely People
And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them,…
December 17, 2022Posted inAdvent, Devotional

10. Population of the Celestial City

10. Population of the Celestial City
Christian’s conversation with Neighbor Pliable continues. CHRISTIAN: There will be no more crying or sorrow; for he who is the owner of that place will wipe all tears from our eyes. (1) PLIABLE: And what company shall we have there? CHRISTIAN: There we shall be with the seraphim and cherubim,…
December 15, 2022Posted inDevotional, The King's Highway