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andydraycott7
Dec 11, 20241 min read
A quiet six months has been anything but....Forthcoming
My break from blogging has not been a break from writing. Unlike blogging, other academic writing takes a lot longer to work through...
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andydraycott7
May 22, 20241 min read
Greg Tardy's Pilgrim's Progress Jazz Suite
There have been multiple musical adaptations of The Pilgrim's Progress for kids, as well as contemporary praise music, folk, soft-rock,...
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andydraycott7
May 2, 20243 min read
Integration Seminar Creative Project - William Yujuico's Chemical Analogy
My Pilgrim's Progress class is a general education Integration in Biola University's Bible and Theology Minor. Biola has some Integration...
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andydraycott7
May 1, 20243 min read
Look who's pointing!? Cultural Visual Bias in reading PP
Images do not tell the whole story, but they do visually illustrate parts. I've just finished work on a chapter on the visual art on...
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andydraycott7
Apr 23, 20243 min read
The Tale of the Wandering Epigraph, Part 2 of 2
"It is always hard to see the purpose in wilderness wanderings until after they are over." As mentioned in the first of these two...
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andydraycott7
Apr 22, 20242 min read
The Tale of the Wandering Epigraph, Part 1 of 2
What better way to signal your love of Bunyan (Bunyanphilia) than to adorn your water bottle with one of his beloved quotations from The...
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andydraycott7
Apr 8, 20241 min read
Moving on from Easter with Bunyan
I was privileged this year to offer two reflections to the Lent Project run by Biola University's Center for Christianity, Culture, and...
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andydraycott7
Apr 4, 20242 min read
Pilgrim Journey #1 of 10
Curtis Freeman fulfills the promise of his concluding chapter of Pilgrim Letters in this companion volume. It has the same attractive...
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andydraycott7
Apr 2, 20244 min read
More on John Wesley at the Cross in PP: Galatians 2 and 'Faith in' or 'Faith of'?
I noted last week that John Wesley, in his abridgment, changes what Christian says at the cross when his burden falls from his back. To...
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andydraycott7
Mar 30, 20241 min read
Emily Propst Dances The Pilgrim’s Progress
An Easter Treat. Ever since singing the chorus ‘Lord of the Dance’ when I was little, I’ve associated Easter joy with dancing, even...
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andydraycott7
Mar 29, 20242 min read
Good Friday at the Place of Deliverance (Part 2 of 2)
What does Christian see when he sees the cross? He later reports that he saw Jesus in his mind's eye, as it were. Most often, when the...
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andydraycott7
Mar 28, 20242 min read
Good Friday at the Place of Deliverance (Part 1 of 2)
Christian is amazed that the mere sight of the cross is sufficient to release him of his burden. This burden, the marker of his...
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