Talking with Talkative or not really?
In class seminar today we discussed Christian and Faithful's meeting with Talkative. We recognized that in our Christian university...
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andydraycott7
- Aug 8
- 3 min
A Lutheran, a Methodist, and a Salvationist all walk into a bar...
... and John Bunyan, in dreaming persona, asks them if they are merely for talking at the ale-bench, or if their lives conform to...
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andydraycott7
- Aug 4
- 1 min
aided by the towering genius of Charles Schulz
I'm glad of my Biola office with a desk that can adjust heights - to let me stand or sit as I work. At home the situation is a little...
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andydraycott7
- Jul 27
- 1 min
sighs and tears...after a hiatus
Whereas his family wanted him to sleep off his confused state of mind, the burdened man spends his night time in 'sighs and tears.' I...
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andydraycott7
- Apr 12, 2021
- 3 min
Catechesis by the letter # 7
Illustrated with William Blake’s sketch of Faithful’s fiery carriage up to heaven from his place of execution in Vanity, the...
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andydraycott7
- Apr 10, 2021
- 4 min
Writers and Their Work, Tamsin Spargo's John Bunyan
Tamsin Spargo (2015) ‘Writers and Their Works’ British Council/ Northcote House Publishers Ltd. 103pp Spargo’s John Bunyan is really the...
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andydraycott7
- Apr 7, 2021
- 1 min
Adding your own color to The Pilgrim's Progress
There's a pop book, a children's choir musical and several board games, but one way to capture a young reader is to offer them the change...
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andydraycott7
- Apr 6, 2021
- 2 min
Catechesis by the letter # 6
Some people’s Christianity is way too touchy-feely, we sometime conclude. Sometimes this critical appraisal is meant metaphorically –...
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andydraycott7
- Apr 5, 2021
- 5 min
Christian Biographies for Young Readers (2020)
John Bunyan, by Simonetta Carr, Grand Rapids, MI, Reformation Heritage Books, 2020 In the Christian Biographies for Young Readers series,...
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andydraycott7
- Apr 3, 2021
- 4 min
Colportage-"Book Missionary," Pilgrim's Progress, and Milton Pierpoint
Although undated, the rather tatty copy of Pilgrim's Progress I've recently come across has the copyright date of 1904 under the cover...
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andydraycott7
- Mar 31, 2021
- 2 min
Catechesis by the letter # 5
Principle 3 is Baptism. Q: Who should be baptized? A: Having begun the Christian journey by turning my life over to God and trusting by...
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andydraycott7
- Mar 26, 2021
- 2 min
Is there no balm in Gilead? Reading reflections on race
The reformed tradition shapes English Puritanism that in turn informs Bunyan and The Pilgrim's Progress. It also throws up Apartheid-era...
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andydraycott7
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
Catechesis by the letter #4
Principle 2 is Faith, and the catechesis articulates the question and answer like this: Q: What is faith? A: Faith is trusting that my...
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andydraycott7
- Mar 17, 2021
- 2 min
Catechesis by the letter # 3
Principles 1: Repentance I used to write letters. Perhaps some of you did too. If you were going to go to the bother and spend the sum on...
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andydraycott7
- Mar 13, 2021
- 2 min
The People's Pilgrim
Peter Morden's 2013 biography of Bunyan, subtitled, 'The People's Pilgrim', matches the promise of the colorful cover art by being a very...
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andydraycott7
- Mar 11, 2021
- 3 min
Catechesis by the letter #2
Rather than writing as the Interpreter, Freeman breaks character in his ‘Preface’ to explain the reasons for the book. I wish this had...
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andydraycott7
- Mar 10, 2021
- 2 min
If you give a missionary Pilgrim's Progress...
Along the lines of 'If you give a mouse a cookie...', I noticed a feature of Tyler Van Halteren's children's adaptation of PP: Little...
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andydraycott7
- Mar 9, 2021
- 2 min
Catechesis by the letter #1
Curtis Freeman has written a little catechesis entitled 'Pilgrim Letters' drawing on this lifelong companionship with Bunyan's classic. I...
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andydraycott7
- Nov 13, 2020
- 2 min
Adaptation Bonanza for Fall 2020 class, and Christmas gift tip.
My Pilgrim's Progress class is a hybrid class, with recorded lectures and discussions fully online with a number of synchronous online...
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andydraycott7
- Oct 12, 2020
- 2 min
As I walked...(Part 1)
The famous first words of Bunyan's book are memorably alliterative when read in full context. For now I'm happy to keep a snail's pace in...
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