I read Pilgrim’s Progress a very long ago and really don’t remember the details of the story. What prompted me to read it again was reading the version from “the minds behind ‘The Babylon Bee’” titled The Postmodern Pilgrim’s Progress. I highly recommend both.
I guess you could say these books are dark; they mainly talk about the problems Christian faces. When faced with problems such as times when it seems that God is so far away or when we realize that we do not have answers to the problems we are facing, then the advice given several times in Mann and Berry’s book is very appropriate: “Sometimes, all you can do is move forward.” [1]
If we have decided our goal is the Celestial City, the Golden City, if we have put on the whole armor of God, if we have decided the type of person we want to be, then there is nothing else to do but to move forward toward our goal, regardless of the circumstances. It is in these dark times that we live by faith (Habakkuk 2:4, Hebrews 10:38).
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[1] Kyle Mann and Joel Berry. The Postmodern Pilgrim’s Progress. Washington, DC: Salem Books, 2022, p. 63.
