TS&TT: Pilgrim's Progress - What Can We Learn From John Bunyan?

The Sword & The Trowel

Founders Ministries

Education, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 794 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden talk about one of their favorite books, Pilgrim's Progress. Recently it was trending on Twitter and it became a great opportunity to discuss why this work from John Bunyan is helpful for the Christian life. SHOW NOTES: 2024 National Founders Conference: Remember Jesus Christ | https://founders.org/conference/ Pre-Order: Serious Joy: Reflections and Devotions on Jonathan Edwards Seventy Resolutions: https://press.founders.org/shop/serious-joy/ F ind out more about The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org Support Founders Ministries and become a part of the F.A.M: https://press.founders.org/fam/ Founders Church Search: https://church.founders.org Shop the Founders Press Store: https://press.founders.org/ Follow Founders Ministries: Website: https://founders.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoundersMin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

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0:00.0	Thank you for tuning in to the Sword and Trial podcast. In this episode, Graham and I are going to talk about one of our all-time favorite books, the Pilgrim's Progress.
0:08.6	That book has been trending on Twitter in recent days, and so we wanted to take the opportunity to commend it and talk about the ways that it has impacted us and how we use it in our pastoral ministry.
0:20.8	You might even say that we're somewhat obsessed with the book, Pilgrim's Progress.
0:25.3	So we hope you enjoy this conversation.
0:27.3	And if you do, please spread it around to others.
0:29.8	Thanks for tuning in.
0:39.5	Welcome to the Sword and Trial. Sword and Trial is a podcast of Founders Ministries and Founders
0:42.7	Exists for the Recovery of the Gospel and Reformation of Local Churches.
0:47.1	I'm Tom Askell.
0:47.9	And I'm Graham Gundin.
0:48.9	We're delighted to have you join us today as we talk about one of our favorite books
0:53.5	of all time, and that is the book of Pilgrim's
0:56.9	Progress, which we have several copies, different editions here on the table with us, and this is
1:02.6	just a mere smattering of what we have in our libraries and certainly of what's available.
1:07.9	Graham, when did you first become acquainted with Pilgrim's Progress?
1:11.7	The first time I read it, well, I didn't read Pilgrim's Progress.
1:14.7	I was a young child homeschooled and read like the children's version, not this children's version.
1:19.7	That one wasn't written yet, but one of the old children's versions when I was, I don't know,
1:23.7	probably elementary school, and then read the original and the original
1:28.2	English probably at some point in high school.
1:32.9	I'd probably read it three or four times.
1:35.8	Yeah, I well remember when I was introduced to Pilgrim's Progress.
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