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This Southern Baptist has got lots and lots of love for the early Methodists. Here are John Wesley’s directions for how they were to sing in their fellowship: 1. Sing all. See that you join with the congregation as frequently … Continue reading →

The truth about discipleship, from Christian to By-ends in Pilgrim’s Progress: If you will go with us you must go against wind and tide, the which I perceive is against your opinion; you must also own religion in in his … Continue reading →

Yes, the Lord’s Supper should remind us of the seriousness of our sin, and our urgent need to repent and flee from from it. But for repentant sinners, the dominant note at the Lord’s Table is not fear, guilt, or … Continue reading →

After Amaziah, king of Judah, had defeated the armies of Edom, he went to pick a fight with Jehoash, king of Israel (2 Kings 14:8). Here is Jehoash’s wise reply: A thistle on Lebanon sent to a cedar on Lebanon, … Continue reading →

The further I go in the Christian life, the more I treasure this section from The Pilgrim’s Progress, where John Bunyan describes Christian’s necessary climb up the Hill Difficulty. So many strong, Bible truths here that will brace us for … Continue reading →

Now I saw in my dream that thus they sat talking together until supper was ready. So when they had made ready they sat down to meat. Now the table was furnished with fat things and with wine that was … Continue reading →

This was the question the girl Prudence asked the pilgrim named Christian, in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. His answer: Why, there I hope to see him alive, that did hang dead on the Cross; and there I hope to be … Continue reading →