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Publisher : General Books LLC
Publication Date : 2009 08 09
>> a blessing from God
Amazing book I highly recommend it for anyone struggling with their faith in Christ a great personal look at Bunyan s great spiritual struggle to help you see that you aren t alone in yours
>> Freedom From Anxiety
If Bunyan were alive today and examined by a psychiatrist they would say he was struggling with Obsessive Compulsive disorder This book chronicles his wrestling with his own mind his own fears his own anxieties This is not to say that his battle is not also spiritual for indeed it is that
His fear is that he has lost his chance at salvation by cursing Jesus somehow committing an unpardonable sin No matter how many times he comforts himself with the truth it seems to be pulled away from him by other fears
Ultimately he determines that even if he is thrown into hell he will still honor Jesus Eventually he is freed from this mental torment after a couple of years
I was helped greatly by this book when in a period of intense anxiety in my own life It was a great help to know that someone else went through similar things I have also recommended this book to many who are currently struggling with anxiety
It is said that before using a man greatly God breaks him Bunyan s dark night of the soul is here recorded God would bring him to great weakness and then later use him greatly This book is worth your money and time
One side note the book is written in a style of English that is dated You can still follow it but it takes a little work
>> Worth its weight
This is a book for any Christian struggling with sin which ought to be all of them Bunyan believes early in the book that he has lost his salvation and is surely doomed Which one of us has not questioned this at one time or another I have found his experiances in more than one case exactly mirror my own Its encouraging to hear that a Christian of his calibre is struggling with the same things I am Its been easy for me to think about the apostles and other Christian giants of the past C S Lewis John Bunyan etc to have realized the truth early and just cruised through life due to thier incredible morale courage The truth is they struggled just as hard as we have and had to rely on God just as much as we do This book demonstrates that fact well at the same time giving encouragement to those of us who are struggling with the battle for our souls This book is fairly dificult to read due to it s 17th century script but taken slowly makes perfect sense Bunyans other books are worth looking into as well
