7. Attempt to Convince Obstinate

7. Attempt to Convince Obstinate
Christian said, "Be content, good neighbors, and go along with me." "What," said Obstinate, "and leave our friends and our comforts behind us!" "Yes," (Now claiming the pilgrim name of Christian) "because that all which you forsake is not worthy to be compared with a little of that I am…
November 20, 2022Posted inDevotional, The King's Highway

6. Christian is Pursued

6. Christian is Pursued
CHRISTIAN IS PURSUED BY OBSTINATE AND PLIABLE The neighbors also came out to see him run; (1) and as he ran, some mocked, others threatened; and some cried for him to return. Now among those that did so, there were two that were determined to fetch him back by force.…
November 19, 2022Posted inDevotional, The King's Highway

5. Flee From Wrath

5. Flee From Wrath
Then said Evangelist, "If this is your condition, then why are you standing still?" He answered, "Because I do not know which way to go." Then Evangelist gave him a parchment scroll (1) on which was written within, "Fly from the wrath to come." (2) Therefore, the man read the…
November 9, 2022Posted inThe King's Highway

4. Meeting Evangelist

4. Meeting Evangelist
Now I noticed on a particular occasion, when he was walking in the fields, that he was (according to his habit) reading in his book, and greatly distressed in his mind; and as he read, he burst out, as he had done before, crying, "What shall I do to be…
November 9, 2022Posted inThe King's Highway

3. Bearing Reproach

3. Bearing Reproach
At this, these close relatives of his were greatly amazed. It was not that they believed to be true what he said to them, but rather because they thought that some frenzy distemper (disorientating disease) had got into his head. Consequently, with the night approaching, and with the hope that…
October 24, 2022Posted inDevotional, The King's Highway

2. Christian Addresses His Family

2. Christian Addresses His Family
"Therefore, in this plight he went home, and restrained himself as long as he could, so that his wife and children would not notice his distress. But he could not be silent long for the reason that his trouble increased. Therefore, at length he broke his mind to his wife…
October 16, 2022Posted inDevotional, The King's Highway

1. Christian Flees the City of Destruction

1. Christian Flees the City of Destruction
The text is from John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress. Numbers in parentheses are notes added to the text for clarification. "As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I came upon a certain place where there was a den; (1) and I lay down in that place to sleep;…
October 9, 2022Posted inDevotional, The King's Highway