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Welcome back to our weekly reading of Pilgrim’s Progress!! Today we’re going to take a look to see what happens after Christian’s encounter with Legality Hill. “Continue on the way,” Evangelist had told Christian. “Keep going until you reach the gate, where there are words written on it: ‘Knock, and the door will be opened’.”…
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As we know from the previous post, Christian has been led astray by a certain Mr. Worldly Wise Man, who sent him to Legality Hill. Let’s get into what happened and how it represents our own lives as believers. The Hill Christian goes to Legality Hill hoping that whoever is there can remove the burden…
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The next chapter of Pilgrim’s Progress brings us to when Christian meets Mr. Worldly Wise Man, who seems to represent the world and how it wants to trip us up. Mr. Worldly As soon as Christian runs into Mr. Worldly, the story takes on a sense of trouble. Mr. Worldly gives a pretense of being…
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Instead of sharing my thoughts on Pilgrim’s Progress next chapter (titled Obstinate and Pliable), I’m going to share a few interesting facts about its’ author. Fun Facts Bunyan was a fantastic writer! I can’t wait to keep reading Pilgrim’s Progress with you guys:) Some History Behind Bunyan That’s all! Today’s post was short, I know,…
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The first real chapter of Pilgrim’s Progress gives us a background on our main character, Christian, explaining where he comes from and how he set out on his journey. As we go through it today, we’ll be looking for allegories, parables, examples, and pictures that reference the Bible. I’ll also share a few of my…
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Over the next few posts, I’ll be reading and reviewing Pilgrim’s Progress. At the beginning of the book, John Bunyan composes a poem that is essentially an apology to those who he might be offending by writing the Pilgrim’s Progress. There’s nine different sections, and took me about ten minutes to read. Let’s get into…
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The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan is one of the most influential books ever written. Besides the Bible, it is the most-bought and has more copies then every other book. How was the imprisoned son of a tinkerer able to write such a profound allegory of the christian faith? Let’s take a look at the…
