Even among those who are familiar with The Pilgrim’s Progress, many are unfamiliar with its Second Part. As we noted, the First Part was written while Bunyan was imprisoned in Bedford jail, and many of the events throughout the story correspond to events from the author’s own life. Although the First Part was immediately well-received, …
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We come now to the penultimate chapter of John Owen’s classic, The Mortification of Sin. In this chapter Owen concludes his nine directions for making ourselves ready to mortify sin. Next week, he will conclude the book with two final directions for killing our sin before it kills us. The 9th Direction and subject of …
I've updated the original reading plan to account for two additional weeks, which you can find here. My thoughts on chapter one are below in both audio and video, followed by an outline of the chapter and questions for reflection and/or discussion. https://open.spotify.com/episode/61kmFibGsiaU8HPktlPqCN?si=DO58HZVWQyKGapfRPpzEEw https://youtu.be/u7HfuZXTLco Chapter Outline Introducing the text (pp. 1-3) Violence Concerning Magistrates (pp. …
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B. C. Newton 