What a wonderful allegory that book truly is.......explaining life, sin & salvation through Jesus Christ so clearly.
2007-04-24 03:46:14 · 13 answers · asked by primoa1970 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sorry to inform you Gemma but......sin is very real and needs to be dealt with.
2007-04-24 03:52:02 · update #1
Dear Primo,
Yes, I've read The Pilgrim's Progress a couple of times and hope to read it again soon.
I think of it when I hear somebody trying to say they deserve heaven because they've done good works. Rather than come by The Way of Jesus Christ they try to climb over "the fence" of self-righteousness.
2007-04-24 04:02:28 · answer #1 · answered by JOYfilled - Romans 8:28 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
John Bunyan was a powerful preacher in a decadent age, and he was imprisoned because he preached in the streets when the church told him that only ordained preachers were allowed to present the gospel and it was restricted to the churches. When they told him he could be released if he would stop preaching in the streets, he told them if they left him out he would go to the streets and preach again. He spent twelve years in prison for his faith and during that time he wrote the Pilgrims Progress and several other books and treatises.
The book is an excellent allegory, and I could identify with it in many ways because the characters clearly showed various human traits that I saw in myself, and they weren't all good.
I would highly recommend Bunyan's books including his "Visions of Heaven and Hell." He was a very wicked man before his conversion to Christ, and his Visions of Heaven and Hell were given to him before he got saved. Thank God Bunyan had enough sense to recognize they came from God.
His life has left us a rich heritage.
2007-04-24 10:55:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I hope that you read the unabridged version in the old English style, rather than the comic book. Next to the bible it is the most read book in the English language. It is truly a masterpiece of Christian writing.
2007-04-24 10:52:01 · answer #3 · answered by Preacher 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just watch "The Wizard of Oz." It's the same thing - no joke.
As far as the message - there is no such thing as sin and there is nothing to be saved from. Makes for a great story, though.
2007-04-24 10:50:35 · answer #4 · answered by Huddy 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Shouldn't this be in Homework Help?
Or Books and Authors?
2007-04-24 11:00:19 · answer #5 · answered by Orac 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I read that soooo long ago. I didn't know anyone still knew that book.
2007-04-24 10:52:47 · answer #6 · answered by Rothwyn 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ah yes! Many moons ago.
2007-04-24 11:00:09 · answer #7 · answered by hedgewitch18 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Many many years ago, I knew then as I know now, most souls cross over and no idiotic religion has anything to do with it.
2007-04-24 10:49:38 · answer #8 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I've read it, but not in a long time.
2007-04-24 10:49:02 · answer #9 · answered by solarius 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I haven't read it, but didn't the girls in "Little Women" read it?
2007-04-24 10:49:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋