A John Bunyan Feast

John Bunyan. It was not terribly long ago that this name was almost as familiar among godly families and churches as the Bible itself, a time when Pilgrim’s Progress was the second most known and read book in the evangelical world. Charles Spurgeon is said to have read through it every year. Perhaps you may recall hearing Pilgrim’s Progress growing up before you ever read it yourself. But this work and many others that were written from his jail cell in Bedford, England, are not so widely read or known now due to fresh English translations of the Bible; the resultant loss of familiarity with seventeenth century English in which Bunyan wrote; and - perhaps most importantly - a weakening emphasis in our day on the nature of the Christian life as a pilgrimage.

In an effort to rekindle interest in the work and in the man whose preaching the Puritan giant John Owen envied for its simplicity and penetration, Dr. Thomas will review all of Pilgrim’s Progress over the course of his three talks and Dr. Beeke will speak on three related themes from Bunyan’s works.

So whether you are familiar with Bunyan’s writings or have never read anything by him, please make plans to attend the conference and bring others with you. It will truly be a feast of good things from a man whom God chose to use mightily during his own lifetime and thereafter to advance the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.