Pilgrim's Progress in Today's English

by Thomas, James; Bunyan, John

• ISBN13: 9780802465207
• ISBN10: 080246520X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1971-06-01
• Publisher: MOODY PR

Summary

Retold by James H. Thomas. The best allegory ever written is rewritten in modern English, making it clearer and more forceful to the modern reader. (More than 100,000 in print)

Author Biography

JAMES THOMAS is the author of Pilgrim's Progress in Today's English. He is now at home with his Lord. JOHN BUNYAN (1628-1688) was a Puritan preacher and writer in England. Bunyan had very little schooling. He followed his father in the tinker's trade, and served in the parliamentary army from 1644 to 1647. In 1655, Bunyan became a deacon and began preaching. He experienced marked success from the start and was the pastor of the Bedford church. Bunyan is the author of The Pilgrim's Progress which he wrote in 1676 while imprisoned for preaching without a license. His numerous other titles include Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners and Holy War.

Table of Contents

PART ONE christian's journey
Christian in Trouble	11	(16)
Christian Returns to the Good Way	27	(12)
Journey Toward the House Beautiful	39	(17)
In the Valleys of Humility and Death	56	(10)
Christian and Faithful	66	(21)
Vanity Fair and the City of Vanity	87	(12)
Journey to the Delectable Mountains	99	(20)
At the Delectable Mountains	119	(4)
In the Low Country of Conceit	123	(15)
The Talk with Ignorance	138	(11)
Near to the City of God	149	(10)
PART TWO christiana's journey
Christiana Follows Christian	159	(11)
At the Interpreter's House	170	(9)
The Guidance of Greatheart	179	(9)
At the Porter's Lodge	188	(14)
With Greatheart on the Way	202	(17)
At the Homes of Gaius and Mnason	219	(11)
Christiana at the Delectable Mountains	230	(8)
On the Enchanted Ground	238	(8)
Beulah Land	246