Ed Walsh
Puritan Board Senior
Greetings fellow Pilgrims,
I'm reading Pilgrim's Progress for the first time in probably 30 years. Oh, how much it means to me now. Charles Spurgeon said that it was his favorite book of all. I couldn't find the reference, but it seems to me that he said he had read it a hundred times. Now I see why.
Yes, it's an allegory, but in my experience with the many Christians that I know in my church and my family, so far, the only ones I can completely identify with are Christian and Faithful. Pilgrim's Progress has been enjoyed by children, by young Christians, and now I am finding in my later years that it is an ocean of Christian Truth. I can personally identify with almost all the trials and tribulations they go through on their way to Zion.
If you are like me and read it once upon a time years ago, I cannot urge you strongly enough to pick it up and read it. Actually, I'm mostly listening to it from the audible version, expertly read by the very skillful and dramatic David Shaw-Parker. The Amazon link below includes a sample of the audio. It is simply wonderful.
I think I chose the right forum for the topic. What do you think?
I'm reading Pilgrim's Progress for the first time in probably 30 years. Oh, how much it means to me now. Charles Spurgeon said that it was his favorite book of all. I couldn't find the reference, but it seems to me that he said he had read it a hundred times. Now I see why.
Yes, it's an allegory, but in my experience with the many Christians that I know in my church and my family, so far, the only ones I can completely identify with are Christian and Faithful. Pilgrim's Progress has been enjoyed by children, by young Christians, and now I am finding in my later years that it is an ocean of Christian Truth. I can personally identify with almost all the trials and tribulations they go through on their way to Zion.
If you are like me and read it once upon a time years ago, I cannot urge you strongly enough to pick it up and read it. Actually, I'm mostly listening to it from the audible version, expertly read by the very skillful and dramatic David Shaw-Parker. The Amazon link below includes a sample of the audio. It is simply wonderful.
Amazon.com: The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come (Audible Audio Edition): John Bunyan, David Shaw-Parker, Naxos AudioBooks: Audible Books & Originals
Amazon.com: The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come (Audible Audio Edition): John Bunyan, David Shaw-Parker, Naxos AudioBooks: Audible Books & Originals
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