Pilgrim’s Progress Lecture - Christian Meets Hopeful / Encounter with By Ends - Tom Sullivan In this study Christian meets his new life long companion Hopeful, and they immediately covenant together. Then they encounter By-Ends and his friends. The application is taken from the subject of pragmatism in church growth, a quote from Dr. Peter Masters – Worship in the Melting Pot. I establish to show that innovative forms of worship are rooted in the remaining enmity of the heart against God. I use Charles Bridges, The Christian Ministry, and John Owen’s Treatise on Indwelling Sin to establish this point. John Bunyan wrote The Pilgrim's Progress in two parts, of which the first appeared at London in 1678,which he had begun during his imprisonment in 1676. The second part appeared in 1684. The earliest edition in which the two parts were combined in one volume came out in 1728. A third part falsely attributed to Bunyan appeared in 1693. The Pilgrim's Progress is the most successful allegory ever written, and like the Bible has been extensively translated into other languages. http://www.puritanaudiobooks.net/ SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/stack45ny Puritan Reformed Audiobooks playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzOwqed_gET1LMZlDNOqxx58LREHCiLsD This is the 1st of two lessons on Christian and Faithful in Vanity Fair. Such things are discussed such as the error of holiness in Fundamental Baptist churches compared to true sanctification as taught in our confessions. The lesson contains a quote from Increase Mather, Samuel Pike and Samuel Hayward Cases of Conscience, and the introduction to John Owen’s Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded to check if Vanity Fair, with its allurements, has entered into our affections. -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "What Do You Want? - Oswald Chambers / Christian Devotional / My Utmost for His Highest" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DDzA9Ymtck -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-