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Renewing Your Mind

The Castle of Giant Despair

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.85.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

God's people are not immune to doubt, discouragement, and depression. But even in these dreaded times, we have hope in Christ. Today, Derek Thomas explores one of the darkest yet most profound scenes in The Pilgrim's Progress.

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0:00.0

You think you've seen it all in Pilgrims' progress,

0:03.3

and you've been in the valley of the shadow of death,

0:06.1

which was a pretty dark place,

0:07.6

and you've been in Vanity Fair, which was a dark place.

0:10.3

And now you're coming to Prepsen even darker place,

0:13.6

the dungeon of the castle of giant despair.

0:18.1

They're locked in a dungeon without food,

0:21.0

and without water, and without light.

0:23.8

The

0:25.2

The

0:27.2

The

0:29.2

The

0:30.2

Believers can find themselves captured by giant despair

0:33.8

in the basement of doubting castle.

0:36.0

It's a dark place, perhaps you're being there or someone you know.

0:39.6

So the question is, how do you get out if you're there?

0:43.4

Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and you're listening to Renewing Your Mind.

0:47.5

This week, we're exploring John Bunyan's classic, The Pilgrims' Progress,

0:52.0

taking us on this guided tour, is a Ligonier teaching fellow Derek Thomas.

0:56.6

If you're just joining us this allegory, follows the main character,

0:59.9

a man named Christian, on his journey to the celestial city.

1:04.0

And today he finds himself in the dungeon of giant despair's castle.

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