Pilgrim’s Progress: The Cross & The Sepulcher (3:1)

The cross is the only place in all of Bunyan’s allegorical world, and in all of the real world too, where the burden can be removed.

Pilgrim’s Progress: Final Encouragement (2:13)

The Interpreter does not pretend the road is easy. He simply confirms that it is worth it.

Pilgrim’s Progress: The Dreamer’s Vision (2:12)

Any vision that makes the path toward God feel more urgent is not cruelty. It is mercy in a particularly bracing form.

Pilgrim’s Progress: The Iron Cage (2:11)

He is in a cage of his own making, forged from his own choices, and he cannot get out.

Pilgrim’s Progress: The Stately Palace (2:10)

They will stand at that door forever, wanting without willing, hoping without committing. The palace will remain something they observed from a distance rather than something they ever actually entered.

Pilgrim’s Progress: Passion and Patience (2:8)

Treasures quickly gained are just as quickly lost.

Pilgrim’s Progress: The Dusty Room (2:7)

We were created to do good works just as the sweeping servant is doing what he was hired to do. But without the good news of God’s grace, our works under the law alone do nothing but stir up trouble.

Pilgrim’s Progress: The Picture (2:6)

This man is the kind of person God puts in the path of pilgrims to help them find their way.

Pilgrim’s Progress: House of the Interpreter (2:5)

Here Christian will learn hidden meanings of what he has already seen and the essential truths of what lies ahead. You cannot make the journey well without this stop.