The Lord's Day is something to be enjoyed.

They are delectable mountains and they are full of extraordinary blessings.

The Puritans didn't see the Lord's Day as a burden.

They didn't approach it in a legalistic fashion.

They saw it as something to look forward to and anticipate.

It is the market day of the soul.

In many places, the Lord's Day, Sunday, is no longer a steam to observe as it once was.

In recent years, some even in the church questioned whether or not it's really important

to gather together in person.

But in the 17th century, the Puritans saw the Lord's Day as a blessing.

And John Bunyan described it as delectable mountains.

You're listening to Renewing Your Mind.

As this week, we walk through John Bunyan's classic allegory, The Pilgrims Progress.

I'm Nathan W. Bingham.

The main character of The Pilgrims Progress is a man named Christian.

So far this week, he's walked through the valley of the shadow of death and vanity fair.

And he was held captive in giant despairs' castle.

But today, he finds himself somewhere delectable, what he called the delectable mountains.

Here's Liganyr teaching fellow, Derek Thomas, to guide us through this section

and to help us see the value and the blessing of the Lord's Day and gathered worship.

We come to the delectable mountains today.

And do you remember when Christian was in the palace beautiful and on the last day

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