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

The King’s Highway

The King’s Highway
Since it was first published in 1678, John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress has encouraged believers and pointed them to the Scriptures. C.H. Spurgeon said of this work: Next to the Bible, the book that I value most is John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress.” I believe I have read it through at least a…
October 9, 2022Posted inDevotional

From Passover to the Lord’s Supper

From Passover to the Lord’s Supper
Thursday night of the week between Palm Sunday and Easter is traditionally considered the night that Jesus was betrayed. Before he retreated to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray and was betrayed, he took the unleavened bread and a cup of wine, and he instituted a new commemorative meal for…
April 1, 2021Posted inDevotional

We Need Something…

We Need Something…
So, as a pastor I have been praying for something for about the last 5 years. The folks here at the church hopefully have been praying the same thing, at least I have hope they have, you know how over a period of time, when a prayer is not answered,…
March 5, 2021Posted inAnnouncement

Don’t Stop Praying

Don’t Stop Praying
I thought it would be very appropriate for the days in which we live, all the uncertainty, all the madness and craziness in our lives and in our world, that we remember who our God is. His majesty, glory, holiness, righteousness, and we apply it to our circumstances today, take…
November 11, 2020Posted inDevotional, Prayer