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    Catechesis by the letter # 7
    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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    Writers and Their Work, Tamsin Spargo's John Bunyan
    andydraycott7
    • Apr 11, 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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    Adding your own color to The Pilgrim's Progress
    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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    Catechesis by the letter # 6
    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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    Christian Biographies for Young Readers (2020)
    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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    Colportage-"Book Missionary," Pilgrim's Progress, and Milton Pierpoint
    andydraycott7
    • Apr 4, 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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    Catechesis by the letter # 5
    andydraycott7
    • Apr 1, 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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    Is there no balm in Gilead? Reading reflections on race
    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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    Catechesis by the letter #4
    andydraycott7
    • Mar 24, 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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    Catechesis by the letter # 3
    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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    The People's Pilgrim
    andydraycott7
    • Mar 14, 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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    Catechesis by the letter #2
    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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    If you give a missionary Pilgrim's Progress...
    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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    Catechesis by the letter #1
    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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    Adaptation Bonanza for Fall 2020 class, and Christmas gift tip.
    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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    As I walked...(Part 1)
    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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    Blogging Biographies: an unfolding series
    andydraycott7
    • Oct 2, 2020
    • 1 min

    Blogging Biographies: an unfolding series

    John Bunyan famously records his own spiritual autobiography under the title borrowed from the Apostle Paul 'Grace Abounding to the Chief...
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    Should The Pilgrim's Progress be professed?
    andydraycott7
    • Sep 24, 2020
    • 1 min

    Should The Pilgrim's Progress be professed?

    If professing is meant to be about Christian confession, isn't it a misstep to have a website devoted to The Pilgrim's Progress rather...
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    Professors to look up to - Bunyan Scholars
    andydraycott7
    • Sep 24, 2020
    • 1 min

    Professors to look up to - Bunyan Scholars

    Collected editions of scholarly essays like the Cambridge Companion to John Bunyan and the Oxford Handbook of John Bunyan glitter with...
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    Professing in The Pilgrim's Progress
    andydraycott7
    • Sep 23, 2020
    • 1 min

    Professing in The Pilgrim's Progress

    When John Bunyan writes about professors in The Pilgrim's Progress he isn't writing about people like me who teach and research in a...
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