John Bunyan
John Bunyan
John Bunyanwas an English writer and Baptist preacher best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress. In addition to The Pilgrim's Progress, Bunyan wrote nearly sixty titles, many of them expanded sermons...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth28 November 1628
name progress
The name of the slough was Despond. -'Pilgrim's Progress
name palace
A very stately palace before him, the name of which was Beautiful.
walked wilderness
As I walked through the wilderness of this world.
behold
So I awoke, and behold it was a dream.
honey lion meet nest next overcome shall time within
Temptations, when we first meet them, are like a lion that roared at Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.
christian loss men
The reason why the Christians in this day are at such a loss as to some things is that they are contented with what comes from man's mouth, without searching and kneeling before God to know of Him the truth of things.
matter life-is praise
If my life is fruitless, it doesn't matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn't matter who criticizes me.
prayer sacrifice soul
You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.
prayer heart asking
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
jesus heart yesterday-and-today
I saw, moreover, that it was not my good frame of heart that made my righteousness better, nor my bad frame that made my righteousness worse; for my righteousness was Jesus Christ himself, the same yesterday and today and forever.
jesus men soul
It is sad to see how the most of men neglect their precious souls, turning their backs upon the glorious gospel, and little minding a crucified Jesus, when, in the meanwhile, their bodies are well provided for, their estates much regarded, and the things of this present life are highly prized, as if the darling was of less value than a clod of earth; an immortal soul, than a perishing body; a precious Saviour, than unsatisfying creatures.
prayer sacrifice soul
Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.
jesus prayer men
Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.
prayer world had-enough
The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin to damn the whole world.