Hey guys, my name is Johnny Artivantis and this is Dialin. In this short series, we're discussing how we can live for Christ in a hostile world.

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The number one selling book in the English language of all time, apart from the Bible, is the book Pilgrim's Progress.

This book was written by John Bunyan in 1678 while John Bunyan was in prison.

He was there in prison for 12 years for his refusal to stop preaching about Jesus Christ.

They never even lock the door.

He was free to leave at any time under one condition, that he would no longer preach the gospel.

With a wife and kids at home, including a blind daughter, John Bunyan paid a great price for the sake of Christ. But Bunyan stated,

I would rather suffer here till the moss grows over on my eyelids than compromise. This legendary

book he wrote, Pilgrim's Progress, is an allegory of the Christian life. And the main character

in that book is a man appropriately named Christian who is journeying

to the celestial city or heaven.

I remember growing up, my dad used to read to us kids.

I'm one of seven children and he used to read to us from the illustrated version of

this book Pilgrim's Progress and he would act out the various parts, use different voices

for different characters.

This was a highlight of my childhood.

Well, anyways, I remember vividly my dad acting out one of the main chapters of this book,

and it always stayed in my head until I read the full unabridged version in college.

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