PILGRIM’S PROGRESS OVERVIEW OF CONTENTS OF THE BOOK

PREFACE TO PILGRIM’S PROGRESSv - XVII

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS CHAPTER ONE1

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS CHAPTER TWO13

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS CHAPTER THREE25

CHAPTER 3/SCENE 1 – THE WICKET GATE25

CHAPTER 3/SCENE 2 – CHRISTIAN MEETS GOODWILL26

CHAPTER 3/SCENE 3 – CHRISTIAN MEETS INTERPRETER28

I.The First Excellent Thing Christian is shown - The Man In The Picture29

II.The Second Excellent Thing Christian is shown - One Servant Sweeping The Parlor, and a SECOND servant sprinkling water on the dust. 30

III.The Third Excellent Thing Christian is Shown - Two Children Playing - Passion & Patience 31

IV.Fourth Excellent Thing Christian is Shown - The Fire By The Wall33

V.Fifth Excellent Thing Christian is Shown -The Stately Palace33

VI.Sixth Excellent Thing that Christian was Shown - The Man In The Iron Cage 34

VII.The Seventh Excellent Thing Christian is Shown - The Man With The Terrifying Dream. 36

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS CHAPTER FOUR41

CHAPTER 4/SCENE 1 – WHERE CHRISTIAN LOSES HIS BURDEN41

CHAPTER 4/SCENE 2 – WHERE CHRISTIAN MEETS THREE SHINING ONES41

CHAPTER 4/SCENE 3 – CHRISTIAN MEETS 5 DIFFERENT PEOPLE.42

CHAPTER 4/SCENE 4 – THE HILL OF DIFFICULTY45

CHAPTER 4/SCENE 5 – THE PLEASANT ARBOR46

CHAPTER 4/SCENE 6 – THE TWO MEN WHO TURNED BACK47

CHAPTER 4/SCENE 7 – CHRISTIAN REALIZES HE LOST HIS SCROLL AND SEEKS TO RECOVER IT. 47

CHAPTER 4/SCENE 8 – FACING THE LIONS ON THE WAY49

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS CHAPTER FIVE55

CHAPTER 5/SCENE 1 – CHRISTIAN COMES TO THE PALACE BEAUTIFUL55

CHAPTER 5/SCENE 2 – CHRISTIAN INTERVIEWED BY THE FAMILY56

CHAPTER 5/SCENE 3 – CHRISTIAN IS ACCEPTED INTO THE FAMILY56

CHAPTER 5/SCENE 4 – CHRISTIAN IS DISCIPLED56

CHAPTER 5/SCENE 5 – CHRISTIAN JOINS WITH OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS TO REMEMBER THE LORD’S DEATH 61

CHAPTER 5SCENE 6 – CHRISTIAN GOES DOWN INTO THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION 64

REVIEW – CHAPTER 1-566

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS CHAPTER SIX71

CHAPTER 6/SECTION 1 – THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION72

CHAPTER 6/SECTION 2 – HE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH76

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS CHAPTER SEVEN85

CHAPTER 7/SCENE 1 – CHRISTIAN CAME TO A LITTLE HILL

1.Temptation #1 - Wanton

2.Temptation #2 - The Old Man

3.Temptation #3 - Moses

4.Temptation #4 - Discontent

5.Temptation #5 - Shame

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER 8/SCENE 1 – HOW FAITHFUL MET AND BEGAN A DISCUSSION WITH A MAN CALLED TALKATIVE

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER 9/ SCENE 1 – CHRISTIAN AND FAITHFUL WERE GOING THROUGH A WILDERNESS

CHAPTER 9/SCENE 2 – VANITY FAIR

CHAPTER 9/SCENE 3 – FACING MISTREATMENT, INJUSTICE AND PERSECUTION

CHAPTER 9/SCENE 4 – THE JURY RETURNS A VERDICT

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS CHAPTER TEN

CHAPTER 10/SCENE 1 – HOPEFUL JOINS CHRISTIAN

CHAPTER 10/SCENE 2 – THE PILGRIMS MEET MR. BY-ENDS AND HIS FRIENDS

CHAPTER 10/SCENE 3 – THEY EVALUATE CHRISTIAN AND HOPEFUL

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHAPTER 11/SCENE 1 – CHRISTIAN AND HOPEFUL COME TO THE PLAIN CALLED EASE.

CHAPTER 11/SCENE 2 – CHRISTIAN AND HOPEFUL COME TO AN OLD MONUMENT: THE PILLAR OF LOT’S WIFE

CHAPTER 11/SCENE 3 – CHRISTIAN AND HOPEFUL COME TO THE RIVER OF GOD

CHAPTER 11/SCENE 4 – TEMPTED TO TRAVEL IN BY-PATH MEADOW

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS CHAPTER TWELVE

CHAPTER 12/SCENE 1 – CHRISTIAN AND HOPEFUL ARRIVE AT THE DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS

CHAPTER 12/SCENE 2 – CHRISTIAN AND HOPEFUL SPEND TIME WITH THE SHEPHERDS AND ARE MINISTERED TO BY THEM

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS CHAPTER THIRTEEN

CHAPTER 13/SCENE 1 – CHRISTIAN AND HOPEFUL MEET IGNORANCE

CHAPTER 13/SCENE 2 – CHRISTIAN AND HOPEFUL SEE A MAN BEING CARRIED AWAY

CHAPTER 13/SCENE 3 – CHRISTIAN AND HOPEFUL DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF LITTLE-FAITH

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS CHAPTER FOURTEEN

CHAPTER 14/SCENE 1 – CHRISTIAN AND HOPEFUL GET TANGLED IN A NET

CHAPTER 14/SCENE 2 – GOD SENDS A SHINING ONE TO DISCIPLINE THEM FOR LISTENING TO THE FLATTERER

CHAPTER 14/SCENE 3 – WHERE CHRISTIAN AND HOPEFUL MEET ATHEIST

CHAPTER 14/SCENE 4 – CHRISTIAN AND HOPEFUL COME TO A PLACE CALLED THE ENCHANTED GROUND

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS CHAPTER FIFTEEN

CHAPTER 15/SCENE 1 – HOPEFUL’S TESTIMONY

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS CHAPTER SIXTEEN

CHAPTER 16/SCENE 1 – CHRISTIAN AND HOPEFUL DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF JUSTIFICATION WITH IGNORANCE

CHAPTER 16/ SCENE 2 – CHRISTIAN AND HOPEFUL DISCUSS GODLY FEAR

CHAPTER 16/SCENE 3 – CHRISTIAN AND HOPEFUL DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF BACKSLIDING AND MR. TEMPORARY - BOTTOM OF PAGE 141 THROUGH 143

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

CHAPTER 17/SCENE 1 – CHRISTIAN AND HOPEFUL ARRIVE AT THE COUNTRY CALLED BEULAH

CHAPTER 17/SCENE 2 – CHRISTIAN'S AND HOPEFUL'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE DARK RIVER

CHAPTER 17/SCENE 3 – CHRISTIAN AND HOPEFUL ARRIVE AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DARK RIVER AND GAIN ENTRANCE TO THE CELESTIAL CITY

CHAPTER 17/SCENE 4 – THE FINAL OUTCOME OF IGNORANCE

INTRODUCTION TO PILGRIM’S PROGRESS

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS:

  1. PURPOSE OF COURSE
  1. TEXTBOOK FOR THE COURSE
  1. AUTHOR OF TEXTBOOK
  1. METHOD OF COURSE

GENERAL PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY

  • Col 1:28 – Become more mature in Christ
  • 2 Peter 3:18 – Grow in grace and knowledge, better disciples
  • Ephesians 4:11-16 – “And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.”
  1. To increase your confidence in the sufficiency of Scripture for handling all the personal and interpersonal problems of life.
  1. To present in a clear fashion the dynamics and basic elements of Christian growth and development
  1. To promote biblical thinking about people and the problems encountered in the Christian life.
  1. To foster the development of a Christian world and life view.
  1. This course is designed to help you understand the true nature of the Christian life from its beginning with regeneration to its completion when we enter heaven.
  1. To clarify many of the important doctrines of the Christian life and show how they relate to the every day life of a Christian.
  1. To increase your understanding of how to deal with the various problems and challenges that you and others face in life.
  1. To help you to more fully understand the impact that others can have on you and you can have on others.
  1. To help you to learn from the many examples in The Pilgrim’s Progress how to ask questions and provide distinctly biblical solutions to those questions
  1. To help you to become a more discerning Christian with an increased ability to avoid being led astray by false doctrine and false teachers.
  1. To help you to have an increased ability to earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the saints
  1. To help each of us to become better disciples of and disciplers for Jesus Christ
  1. To help each of us to understand clearly how the true Gospel differs from false gospels.

Barry Horner’s comments on the significance of the Gospel in The Pilgrim’s Progress.

  1. To help each of us to understand the nature of temptation and sin, their deceptive
  1. To help each of us to learn more fully how to respond to sin and sinners.
  1. To help each of us to learn more fully how to do the work of evangelism.

The Main Textbooks – Your Bible, The Pilgrim’s Progress Cheryl Ford translation with study questions by me. Now give several reasons for choosing The Pilgrim’s Progress as a textbook.

THE TEXTBOOK

  1. The Biblical/theological nature of this book (and accuracy)

William Coleridge, George Whitfield(“The poor man’s Bible”), Charles Spurgeon (Bunyan was Spurgeon’s favourite author.), Maureen Bradley (“those that understand this book are accomplished theologians”).

  1. Its Interesting & appealing style –

Best seller by end of 17th century – 100000 sold within 22 years.

By 18th century – England and America –hardly a home in England or America that didn’t have a copy.

Translated into more languages than any other book besides the Bible - More than 200 languages

Sold more than any other book except the Bible.

George Whitfield

Cheryl Ford

Barry Horner – most popular and widest circulation single piece circulated.

Maureen Bradley

Literary form in which written - an allegory. Bunyan also uses Metaphors, similitudes, parables, dialogue, humor etc.

What is an allegory?

In writing the Pilgrim’s Progress Bunyan used a literary form called an allegory to convey the message he wanted to convey. An allegory is a story in which the characters, places and events are symbolic and have deeper meaning. In Bunyan’s case, he used the people, events and places of his native England to represent important aspects of, and used them to depict truths and experiences and struggles in the Christian life. In Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan figuratively depicts various aspects of the Christian’s experience as a journey from this world to the Celestial City.

Bunyan also describes real people and experiences, just gives them different names.

  1. It is so Practical & helpful in nature

Different from many/most theology books, some are not theologically accurate

Describes most of difficulties and pressures we experience today; incredibly relevant. Also provides solutions – the people’s problems also have answers and solutions in the book.

  1. It is so Comprehensive in scope

Wide range of Christian life issues. Amazing variety of Christian Life Issues

John Gulliver

More than 130 Christian life topics; a few of them.

  • Angels
  • Anxiety
  • Apostasy
  • Assurance
  • Atheism
  • Atonement
  • Backsliding
  • Carnality
  • Chastisement
  • The Church
  • Church Membership
  • Comfort
  • Commitment
  • Complaining
  • Counseling
  • Conversion
  • Counterfeit religion
  • Death
  • Satan and demons
  • Depression
  • Discernment
  • Discipline
  • Discipleship
  • Discontentment
  • Discouragement
  • Encouragement
  • Evangelism
  • Faith
  • False teachers
  • Family
  • Fear
  • Fear of God
  • Fellowship
  • Friendship
  • Forgiveness
  • Hypocrisy
  • GospelGrace
  • Guidance
  • Heaven & hell
  • Holy Spirit
  • Hope
  • Hopelessness
  • Humility
  • Joy
  • Judgment
  • Justification
  • Legalism
  • Lord’s supper
  • Lust
  • Materialism
  • Motives/motivation
  • Pastors
  • Patience
  • Passion
  • Persecution
  • Perseverance
  • Praise
  • Prayer
  • Pride
  • Presumption
  • Rebuke
  • God’s providence
  • Repentance
  • Restoration
  • Sanctification
  • Self control
  • Shame
  • Suicide
  • Unpardonable sin
  • Temptation, etc.

Many examples of how to gather information – of good questions that produce helpful data

How to make an accurate biblical interpretation of the nature and cause of problems

How to give hope

How to give biblical solutions & how to help people to put those solutions into practice etc.

  1. Provides solikd, biblically accurate answers to many questions about the christian life.

OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY PILGRIM’S PROGRESS

Pilgrim’s Progress answers the following questions:

  • What is a Christian?
  • How does a true Christian live?
  • What is the essence of the gospel?
  • How do we recognize the true and false gospel?
  • What relevance does the gospel have for the Christian after regeneration?
  • What is the relationship of the gospel and Christian obedience?
  • What is the nature of the world today and how does it influence the Christian’s life?
  • What is sin, how serious is it, and how does it influence us and deceive us?
  • How should the Christian respond when he is sinned against?
  • What should the Christian do when he sins or someone around him sins?
  • What or whom are the Christian’s enemies and who is he at war with?
  • What methods or weapons should the Christians use to overcome the enemy?
  • How can the Christian grow to be stronger and more stable?
  • What does it mean to minister or serve others, and what is effective ministry?
  • What does it mean to witness, and who should we witness to?
  • What is the church, and what is to be done there?
  • Who are real Christians, and how do we discern who is authentic?
  • How do we stay away from error?
  • How do we think Christian-like in everything?
  • How does the Christian develop the Christian mindset?
  • What does it mean in practical terms to put on the Lord Jesus Christ?

In this book find Evangelist counseling Christian; Christian – Faithful & Hopeful; Faithful & Hopeful = Christian; Interpreter = Christian; Watchful, Prudence, Discretion, Piety and Charity counseling Christian; Faithful – Talkative; Christian – Ignorance; eamples of good counselors and bad counselors.

  1. it speaks to the need of the hour in evangelical Christianity - in a manner that is equal to and even superior to any other book I know.

What are the needs of the hour that Pilgrim’s Progress addresses?

  1. There is a need for a clear proclamation of the Gospel – Galatians 1:6 – 9; 2:4 -5, 14 – 16. Many false erroneous Gospels being preached today.
  2. There is a need for a clear proclamation of sovereign grace. Over emphasis on human ability.
  3. There is a need for a clear proclamation of sanctification – how Christians overcome sin and grow into the likeness of Christ – how become holy in heart and conduct.
  4. There is a need for a clear proclamation of the nature and methods of spiritual warfare.
  1. There is a need for a clear proclamation of the role of the church and the role of pastors in the Christian life.
  2. There is a need for a clear proclamation of the sufficiency of Scripture for dealing with all of our non physical problems.
  3. There is need for a clear proclamation of the way that Christians should counsel and minister to one another in the Christian life.
  4. There is a need for a clear proclamation of the true and realistic nature of the Christian life in this world.
  5. There is a need for a clear proclamation of what constitutes true discipleship.

These are some of the needs of the hour in evangelical Christianity and, in my judgment, Pilgrim’s Progress wonderfully fulfills the need for these various kinds of proclamation in a way that is equal or even superior to any other book I know.

THE AUTHOR

John Bunyan (lived from 1628-1688)

  • GENERAL FACTS ABOUT JOHN BUNYAN – 1628-1688

–Became a Baptistic Pastor (1.8)

–Travelled widely – Bishop Bunyan

– George Whitfield’s description of his Physical Characteristics

  • BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE HISTORICAL SITUATION – 4 PERIODS:
  • PERIOD 1. 1628-1649: King Charles 1 - Opposed and persecuted any kind of religion outside the church of England – All Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Baptists, Independents.
  • CIVIL WAR = CROMWELL = LEADER- WENT ON FROM 1642-1649. CROMWELL’S FORCES WON – CHARLES 1 KILLED. BUNYAN BORN IN 1628 AND LIVED A WICKED LIFE DURING THE LATTER PART OF THIS PERIOD.
  • PERIOD 2. 1649 –1660: OLIVER CROMWELL AND PARLIAMENT RULED – RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, GOSPEL PREACHED FREELY, MANY CONVERTED, BIBLE PREACHING CHURCHES ESTABLISHED – BUNYAN CONVERTED DURING THIS PERIOD AND BEGAN TO PREACH.
  • PERIOD 3. 1660-1681: CROMWELL DIED - KING CHARLES II RETURNS FROM THE CONTINENT & WINS BACK THE THRONE – ANOTHER ERA OF INTENSE PERSECUTION - UNIFORMITY ACT PASSED MAKING IT ILLEGAL TO WORSHIP OUTSIDE CHURCH OF ENGLAND – ALL PREACHERS MUST BE LICENSED – MANY INDEPENDENT AND BAPTIST PASTORS INCLUDING BUNYAN WERE PUT IN JAIL AS COMMON CRIMINALS, SUFFERED GREATLY BECAUSE THEY PREACHED. SOME WERE EVEN KILLED. BUNYAN SPENT 12 YEARS IN JAIL. WROTE MANY BOOKS INCLUDING THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS.
  • PERIOD 4. 1681-1688: KING JAMES II AND KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY. KING JAMES INITIALLY TRIED TO UNITE THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND WITH THE CHURCH OF ROME. DIDN’T RULE LONG BECAUSE PEOPLE REVOLTED – KING JAMES FLED TO FRANCE; KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY CAME INTO POWER AND SOON PASSED WHAT WAS CALLED THE TOLERATION ACT THAT GUARANTEED RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TO ALL PROTESTANT DISSENTERS.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL OTHER ASPECTS OF BUNYAN’S LIFE:

  1. FACTS ABOUT HIS EARLY LIFE
  1. Born in Elstow – smaill village few miles from Bedford. Mother and father Thomas and Margaret Bunyan. Very poor.
  1. Poor man’s education – something like Grade 1-3
  1. Learned trade of a tinker – Plumber, metal worker, blacksmith
  1. Mother died when 16; father remarried – left home at 17.
  1. Drafted into army at 17 – saw rawer side of life – during Civil war
  1. Dismissed after two years
  1. Went back to job as tinker in Elstow
  1. Married a young lady at 20 who had a positive influence on him – 2 books – Plain Man’s pathway to heaven; Practice of Piety. Sometimes read with wife, but not particularly convicted.
  1. FACTS ABOUT HIS CONVERSION
  1. AFTER MARRIAGE, BEGAN ATTENDING ANGLICAN CHURCH WITH WIFE – WENT THROUGH FOUR YEAR PERIOD OF INTENSE TURMOIL. INITIALLY VERY IMPRESSED WITH RITUAL AND ROBES AND FORMALITY OF ANGLICAN CHURCH.
  2. LOVED PLEASURES OF SIN – PARTYING, DRINKING, SWEARING – COMMENT BY WOMAN OF ILL REPUTE IN ELSTOW.
  3. HUMILIATED BY THIS CHARGE – CLEANED UP OUTWARD LIFE - NO HEART CHANGE. IGNORANT OF GOSPEL AND OF REAL CHRISTIANITY.
  4. ONE DAY OVERHEARD FEW WOMEN ON BEDFORD STREET DISCUSSING NEW BIRTH AND THEIR SINFUL STATE BY NATURE. HAUNTED BY WHAT HEARD – CONVICTED & DISTURBED. BEGAN TO READ BIBLE – SEARCHED, BUT DIDN’T UNDERSTAND.
  5. FRIENDS SUGGESTED CONTACT JOHN GIFFORD. GIFFORD COUNSELED. OTHER CHRISTIANS COUNSELED. CONVICTION OF SIN CONTINUED AND INCREASED – WENT THROUGH SLOUGH OF DESPOND WITH NO RELIEF – FEARED TOO WICKED TO BE SAVED – GREATLY TROUBLED BY SIN – THEN ONE DAY CAME ACROSS COL. 1:20 (AS READING LUTHER’S INTRODUCTION TO BOOK OF GALATIANS) – BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION BY GRACE ALONE THROUGH FAITH ALONE THROUGH CHRIST ALONE – AT AGE OF 25 (1653) MEMBERSHIP OF BEDFORD CHURCH
  1. HIS DOCTRINAL CONVICTIONS
  1. A PURITAN IN TERMS OF CHRISTIAN LIFE – PURE LIFE AND PURE CHURCH
  2. SOTERIOLOGICALLY A CALVINIST – TOTAL DEPRAVITY, UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION, EFFECTUAL CALL – IRRESISTIBLE GRACE, PRESERVSATION & PERSEVERAJNCE OF SAINTS
  1. HIS MINISTRY AND IMPRISONMENT
  1. AFTER CONVERSION BUNYAN DEVOTED HIMSELF TO BIBLE STUDY – VORACIOUSLY READ BOOKS ABOUT BIBLE, THEOLOGY AND CHRISTIAN LIFE - DISCIPLED AND TAUGHT BY PASTOR GIFFORD AND OTHER GODLY MEN.
  2. GIFFORD AND OTHERS RECOGNIZED HIS GODLINESS AND GIFTING AND HE BEGAN RECEIVING NUMEROUS PREACHING OPPORTUNITIES
  3. 3. FEW YEARS AFTER HE BECAME A CHRISTIAN, PASTOR GIFFORD OF BEDFORD CHURCH DIED; BUNYAN BECAME PASTOR. REPUTATION AS A GODLY MAN AND GIFTED PREACHER GREW – INVITATIONS TO SPEAK ALL OVER ENGLAND BEGAN TO POUR IN. WHEREVER WENT CROWDS GATHERED TO HEAR HIM EXPOSIT WORD.
  4. IN 1660, 7 YEARS AFTER HIS CONVERSION THE UNIFORMITY ACT WAS PUT INTO EFFECT BY KING CHARLES II – MADE ALL PREACHING OUTSIDE ANGLICAN CHURCH ILLEGAL – PERSECUTION BEGAN. BUNYAN WAS WARNED – TOLD WOULD BE ARESTED AND IMPRISONED IF PREACHED –IGNORED WARNING& PREACHED –ARRESTED – IMPRISONED FOR 6 YEARS. BRIEFLY RELEASED – WENT BACK TO PREACHING –ARRESTED AGAIN – 6 MORE YEARS – BRIEFLY RELEASED AGAIN – PREACHED – ARRESTED AGAIN – 6 MORE MONTHS IN JAIL. KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY PUT TOLERATION ACT INTO EFFECT – RELEASED – LIVED REST OF LIFE IN FREEDOM – 6 YEARS OF PREACHING – DIED FROM PNEUMONIA WHICH HE CONTACTED WHEN ON A PREACHING TOUR IN LONDON.
  5. WHY PUT IN PRISON? FOR PREACHING; FOR REFUSING TO PROMISE NOT TO PREACH.
  6. WHAT DO WHEN IN PRISON? WASTE TIME? BECOME DEPRESSED? BITTER? ANGRY? PLAN REVENGE? NO! STUDIED WORD, PREACHED, CONDUCTED BIBLE, STUDIES, WITNESSED – MANY CONVERTED – PASTORED THEM, WROTE – MANY BOOKS. WROTE GRACE ABOUNDING; LIFE AND DEATH OF MR BAD MAN; PILGRIM’S PROGRESS; CHRISTIANA; WHY ABLE TO RESPOND THIS WAY? BUNYAN WAS A CALVINIST - BELIEVED ROMANS 8:28; BELIEVED AS PAUL DID – EPH. 4:1- HE A PRISONER OF THE LORD. BECAUSE OF THAT PRISON EXPERIENCE, WE NOW HAVE THE PILGIM’S PROGRESS. BUNYAN STILL MINISTERING THROUGH HIS BOOKS.

Reminder: Pilgrim’s Progress is written in the literary form of an allegory. An allegory is a literary form in which the characters, places and events are symbolic and have deeper meaning. In Bunyan’s case, he used the people, events and places of his native England to represent important aspects of, and truths and experiences in the Christian life. In Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan figuratively depicts various aspects of the Christian’s experience as a journey from this world to the Celestial City.