Pliable

…Obstinate is gone, pliable, managed to get out of the slough of despond easily because he had no burden. And help has pulled Christian out of the slough of despond. And now there enters another character, a man by the name of Worldly Wiseman.…

…He doesn't have any root, and this is pliable. Bonin is commentating on various responses to the gospel. There's the response of obstinate, and he just says no, and he goes away. But there's the response of pliable, who for a season at least seems to be interested in the gospel, seems to respond at least for a season. But then when trouble comes, he disappe…

…If you were to ask him, do you want to have your sins forgiven or do you want eternal life or do you want to be a Christian? He'd answer yes to every single one of them. He believes Christian because he believes everything. He's typical of many folk in our own time, don't you think? That they're open to anything, whatever happens to work. And that's pliabl…