John Bunyan's Goal to Spread the Word of God

Bunyan

All throughout history, the world has seen the affects of great men who have made it their life’s goal to further the word of God. There have been pastors who travel all around their nation preaching at every church they can find. There have been pastors who have had to hold services in secret or else be imprisoned for the rest of their lives. There have been missionaries who have risked their lives to bring the gospel to the most remote places of the world. There have been astounding Christian authors, who have written some of the most compelling books to ever hit the best-seller list. However, there is a man who has taken part in all of these extraordinary tasks; a man whose entire life revolved around the Bible. Not only was he known in his hometown of Bedford, London but in all of Europe and all throughout Asia. (In fact, one of his books sold 200,000 copies in the first three days in China alone (Sadler).) This man, John Bunyan, has influenced the lives of many people all over the world. In fact, John Bunyan’s life, works, and struggles have proven to be some of the most influential in Christian history to this point; his writings have also pioneered the way for theological allegories.

John Bunyan was born November 28, 1628 in Elstow, England. There is very little known about his childhood until he joined the Parliamentary Army. His father was a tinkerer and a very poor man. John Bunyan had very little education and was thought to only amount to a tinkerer. However, when he was just a boy his mother passed away; and his father remarried only two months later. John Bunyan was so appalled by his father’s expedient remarriage that he left to go join the Parliamentary Army (Latham). There is very little known ab...

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...t read novels on the shelves today. John Bunyan was on his way to a meeting when he stopped to settle a quarrel between a father and son. Because of this, he was caught in a rain storm. He became violently ill and died shortly after on August 31st, 1688, at the age of 59 (Douglas).

John Bunyan’s life was an exemplary one to say the least. He was dedicated to the work of God till his very last day. He grew up a poor man and had virtually no education, but he did not let that stop him; God used him in more ways than just a typical missionary or a typical preacher. John Bunyan’s story will undoubtedly live on for centuries only surpassed by his writing. He was truly a man after God’s own heart.

“I love to hear my Lord spoken of, and wherever I have seen the print of His shoe in the earth, there have I coveted to put mine also.”-John Bunyan. (John Bunyan.-Christian)