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Book of the Month
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On the first Sunday of each month, we make a book recommendation. An an obvious selection for this month, in light of the 10:31 youth ministry’s recent drama/musical production), is Pilgrim’s Progress in Today’s English.
As your pastors, we will never stop urging you, appealing to you, badgering you to take advantage of the countless good books available for our edification and growth. For the past two weekends, the youth of this church have amazed and inspired us with “Pilgrim”—a musical and dramatic interpretation of John Bunyan’s classic work, Pilgrim’s Progress.
Thus, it only makes sense that this month’s book recommendation would be Pilgrim’s Progress.
First published in 1678—that’s 331 years ago—this book has never gone out of print. It has been translated into more than 200 languages. The great British preacher Charles Spurgeon read this book over 100 times in his life! Of all the books ever published in the English language, only the Bible has sold more copies throughout history than Pilgrim’s Progress.
Listen to how it opens…
“As I walked through the wilderness of the world, I came to a place where there was a den. There I lay down to sleep; and as I slept, I dreamed a dream. In my dream I saw a man clothed with rags, standing by a path with a book in his hand and a great burden upon his back. His face was turned from his own house, which stood nearby. I saw him open his book and read, then begin to weep. No longer being able to control his feelings, he broke out with a mournful cry, saying, “What shall I do?”
Considered the greatest Christian allegory ever written, Part One traces Christian’s pilgrimage from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. Along the way he encounters a host of characters—friends and enemies alike—who help and hinder his travels. The reader travels with Christian as he wallows in the Slough of Despond … battles Apollyon in the Valley of Humiliation … barely escapes with his life from Vanity Fair … is beaten and starved in Doubting Castle … and finally crosses the dark river to the celestial city itself.
In Part Two, Christian’s wife and children make the pilgrimage to the Celestial City, accompanied by Mr. Valiant-For-Truth and their warrior friend, Greatheart.
Though some will prefer the original version, we have provided this modern translation for the bookstore. We have also stocked the bookstore with this children’s version called Dangerous Journey (illustrated). 
Buy them! Read them! Read them 100 times!
As John Bunyan wrote in his original introduction, “This book will make a traveler of thee.” Let it strengthen and inspire you on your pilgrimage to the Celestial City.
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