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andydraycott7
Jul 27, 20221 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20212 min read
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 8, 20212 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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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andydraycott7
Oct 2, 20201 min read
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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andydraycott7
Sep 24, 20201 min read
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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andydraycott7
Sep 24, 20201 min read
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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