The Pilgrim's Progress Devotional: A Daily Journey through the Christian Life (Hardcover)

by Cheryl Ford (Author) "As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I came to a place where there was a den..." (more)
Key Phrases: two pilgrims, heavenly country, blasphemous thoughts, Holy Spirit, God's Word, Lord Jesus (more...)

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Product Description
In this 365-day devotional, Ford breaks down John Bunyan's timeless story into a series of devotionals to allow his classic work to impact our generation as it has previous ones.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Crossway Books (October 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581340303
• ISBN-13: 978-1581340303
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #791,511 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful, thoughtful, rich book, March 2, 2003

By	tintin2002 "tintin2002" (Singapore, Singapore Singapore) - See all my reviews

The Pilgrim's Progress is a wonderful Christian classic that the author John Bunyan wrote while in jail for his Christian faith. It is a wonderfully rich book which charts the ups and downs of the Christian faith, as the character Christian finds his way to the Gate where he will find relief for the burden on his back. Amid the fiery trials that comes his way, he meets people like Evangelist and Help who offer him sound advice, while others like Worldly Wise attempt to lead him off the narrow and straight path.

This commentary by Cheryl Ford does justice to this great classic. The author of this book dispenses scriptural lessons from the original classic. Each day's devotion is full of rich insights that is backed up by scripture verses. It offers sound theology that does not shy away from commenting on where Christians sometimes trip up on our walk. For example, there is a point where Christian falls into the Slough of Despond, because his awareness of his sin becomes overwhelming. But the message is that God's grace is greater than our feeling of condemnation. Each day's devotion also comes with a prayer that asks God to help us guard against these weaknesses. Definitely recommended.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Family Devotional Guide!, March 1, 2001

By	Dave Babbitt (West Springfield, MA USA) - See all my reviews

Though it's a bother converting the julian date, and the quotes from Pilgrim's Progress seem a little small in comparison to the commentary, this book makes for great devotional reading with my 10 year old boy. He enjoys looking up the two or three scripture references at the bottom and the prayer after that is always appropriate to the story above. Each day brings a new lesson in the Christian graces.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A remarkable interpretation of this classic allegory, May 18, 1999

By A Customer

It remains to be seen how many literary works of our day will survive even the minimum duration of popularity to reach classical status. Judging the current day classics against our modern day offerings, I suspect our number of contributions will be woefully lacking. Measured against the best selling book of all time (Bible), the structural basis of this book, Pilgrim's Progress, rates second. Why? Because as with the Bible, it deals with and addresses man's inherent needs to know who am I, where did I come from, what is my purpose in life and how do I achieve it?

Cheryl Ford did an outstanding job segmenting this complex work, dealing with the convoluted issues of life, to daily doses of spiritual meditations. Who should read this book? Only those who have the intellectual honesty to face the issue of who we truly are.....God's fallen creation and then, the courage to begin their own personal pilgrimage back to God.