1. How his views of Christianity were reflected
in his writings.
2.
3. Bunyan’s Beginning
Born 1628 in Elstow, Bedfordshire, England
Father was a mender of pots and kettles, Bunyan was
to follow in his footsteps but was more of a “Tinker”
Mother passed away when he was sixteen
Enlisted shortly after passing, fought for almost
three years
Married at age twenty
Christian Conversion began
4. Bunyan was imprisoned
for preaching without a
license
He remained in prison for
12 years where he wrote
his first 15 books Prison for Preaching
Pardoned by King
Charles II
Pastors Bedfordshire
Church
5. Bunyan’s Most
Famous Works
“The Pilgrim’s Progress”
“Grace abounding to the
Chief of Sinners”
6. John Bunyan’s Work
Some Gospel Truths opened The Holy City
A Vindication of “Some Gospel The Resurrection of the Dead and
Truths opened” Eternal Judgment
A few Sighs from Hell Defense of the Doctrine of
The Doctrine of the Law and justification by Faith
Grace unfolded Confession of Faith
Profitable Meditations, fitted to Difference of Judgment about
man’s different Conditions. In Water Baptism no bar to
nine particulars. Communion
I will pray with the Spirit and Peaceable Principles and True
with the Understanding also Light for them that sit in
Christian Behaviour; being the Darkness
Fruits of True Christianity Instruction for the Ignorant
The Four Last Things Saved by Grace
Ebal and Gerizim The Strait Gate
Prison Meditations
7. John Bunyan’s Work
continued
A Treatise of the Fear of God
Questions about the Nature and
The Life and Death or Mr. Perpetuity of the Seventh-day
Badman Sabbath
The Holy War The Pharisee and the Publican
The Barren Fig Tree A Book for Boys and Girls
The Greatness of the Soul The Jerusalem Sinner saved
A Case of Conscience resolved The Work of Jesus Christ as an
Seasonable Counsel or Advice to Advocate
Sufferers Discourse of the Building,
A Holy Life the Beauty of Nature, Excellency, and
Christianity Government of the House of God
A Caution to stir up to Watch The Water of Life
against Sin Solomon’s Temple spiritualized
The second part of Pilgrim’s The Acceptable Sacrifice
Progress Last Sermon
8. John Bunyan’s Work
Continued
An Exposition of the Ten The Saint’s Knowledge of
first Chapters of Genesis Christ’s Love
and part of the Eleventh
Paul’s Departure and The House of the Forest
Crown of Lebanon
Israel’s Hope encouraged Antichrist and her Ruin
The Desires of the The Heavenly Footman
Righteous granted
The Saint’s Privilege and The Relation of his
Profit Imprisonment
Christ a Complete The Pocket Concordance
Saviour
The Scriptural Poems
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