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Modern Pilgrim seeks to take the colorful and familiar scenes found in John Bunyan's classic work, The Pilgrim's Progress, and envision what these scenes might look like  for "modern" pilgrims living in the 21st century.

Of course, the truth for all scenes—both old and new—is timeless. We trust that each month's article will encourage you in your daily walk.

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Instant Gratification

Scientific By-ends

In the modern Western world, Religion has had to give up his silver slippers to Science. The sun shines on evolution, and many influential people applaud it. It’s easy to walk down the street with Science as long as you, too, will applaud his opinions.
Instant Gratification

Instant Gratification | A Real Temptation

Hundreds of advertising messages bombard the average American each day.  The pressure to buy (and buy now!) is practically unavoidable.  Manufacturers spend billions each year to convince us that we need their newest and greatest products; they want us to believe that our lives will be incomplete until we buy what they are selling.  Marketing pushes us to pursue instant gratification.

American Christianity is not immune to this thinking.
Christian's Dangerous Book

Christian's Dangerous Book

Reading can be dangerous because a good book never leaves you unchanged.

That was certainly Christian’s experience in the famous story of his Progress away from his hometown, the City of Destruction, to the City of God, the Celestial City. Christian’s book was dangerous because it predicted the uncomfortable truth that his city would live up to its name. And Christian was certainly changed by his reading; he was terrified.
The Enduring Appeal of The Pilgrim's Progress

The Enduring Appeal of The Pilgrim’s Progress

In most of the world, only the Bible has been more widely read than John Bunyan’s story of The Pilgrim’s Progress. This classic allegory of the Christian life has appeared in well over four thousand English-language editions and has been translated into scores of other languages. Generation after generation has found blessing and help in its pages.

Why all this popularity, and what does it mean for you?