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What Are You Going to do About It?

How often have you heard someone exclaim, “It’s not fair!”?

This lament seems especially prevalent among children and teens. When this complaint is voiced to their parents, the typical response—be it sage or sadistic—is “Life’s not fair.”

It’s true; life’s not fair—and I, for one, am glad.

If life were fair, then we would all go to hell. As less than perfect beings, we all do wrong things upon occasion, some more frequently than others.

As a result, we deserve punishment from a holy and just God; we all deserve to go to hell. Justice demands punishment.

Fortunately, life is not fair. The God of the Bible offers mercy to those who follow him. Though fairness demands hell, an eternal death, those who follow Jesus receive something else: heaven, an eternal life.

Thank you God for not being fair, for offering us mercy and grace instead.

Peter DeHaan writes about biblical Christianity to confront status quo religion and live a life that matters. He seeks a fresh approach to following Jesus through the lens of Scripture, without the baggage of made-up traditions and meaningless practices.

Reviewed by Peter DeHaan

Pilgrim’s Progress: Journey to Heaven is an effective and gripping modern-day adaptation of John Bunyon’s classic allegory, Pilgrim’s Progress.

The story’s protagonist “Christian,” feels compelled to embark upon a journey to lift his burden and save himself from impeding doom.

His ultimate destination is the Celestial City, but the path there is fraught with dangers and distractions that have thrown many a fellow traveler off course.

Along the way Christian encounters others, some of whom offer valued assistance and some who provide unwise counsel under the guise of help.

Sometimes Christian is steadfast and strong, while other times he is weak and fickle. Through it all, Christian learns much about the important of listening and obeying, as his faith grows.

The video aptly demonstrates that life is indeed a journey and the right path to take, the best path, is not always the easy one.

However, there is a reward for those who persevere.

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