John Bunyan and His Bible

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John Bunyan's 1686 work, A Book for Boys and Girls; or, Country Rhymes for Children (later widely republished as Divine Emblems), is a pioneering collection of seventy-four Christian emblem poems designed to impart spiritual truths to young readers through the everyday world around them. Moving beyond mere moralizing, Bunyan used simple, accessible verse to extract profound theological lessons from common country objects and creatures—such as a buzzing fly, a top, an apple, a frog, a candle, or a rising sun. Each brief poem presents a recognizable physical scene followed by a direct spiritual application, teaching children to view creation itself as a canvas of divine instruction. Written in plain, rhythmic English with Bunyan's characteristic pastoral warmth, the book stands as one of the earliest deliberate attempts in English literature to write engaging, imaginative, and spiritually earnest literature specifically tailored for children.

How do we keep running when the Christian race gets painful? In Hebrews 12:3–17, Rev. Bill Lovell shows that finishing well doesn't come from gritting our teeth. It comes from three marks of enduring faith. First, it looks to Christ, weighing His sufferings against our own, as John Owen urged, so that we don't grow weary or fainthearted. Second, it trusts the Father's discipline, which is the loving training a perfect Father gives His children and which yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. Third, it obtains the grace of God. Drawing on John Bunyan's long struggle with the warning about Esau, the sermon makes clear that God never turns away a sinner who truly repents and calls on Him.