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John Bunyan was a radical. Perhaps you might even call him a religious radical. And maybe some might call him a fanatic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bunyan had no thought of hashtags or Twitter. He lived in the 17th<\/sup> century, a time when most book titles weren’t short enough to fit in a Tweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His best-selling book, The Pilgrim\u2019s Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come; Delivered under the Similitude of a Dream<\/em>, is not for one time period, but for all time. Extraordinary in its influence, The Pilgrim\u2019s Progress<\/em> has shaped modern Western culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doubt that a “religious fanatic” could still have a voice? Think again. Better yet, read Slaughterhouse-5<\/em> by Kurt Vonnegut<\/a>. Billy\u2019s last name has direct reference to Pilgrim\u2019s Progress<\/em>. Bunyan had made a traveller of Vonnegut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What about Vanity Fair<\/em> by William Thackeray? Or the current fashion magazine Vanity Fair<\/em><\/a>? Vanity Fair is a city in Pilgrim\u2019s Progress<\/em>. Bunyan had made a traveller of Thackeray and the publishing fashionistas of Vanity Fair<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In today\u2019s lingo, Bunyan was a radical creative. His views of God and Jesus and the church, and consequently his political views, were considered a threat to the societal order of his day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He spent a lot of time in jail\u201412 years to be exact. And while his jail time might have been unjust, The Pilgrim\u2019s Progress<\/em> might not have been written had he not been incarcerated and prevented from preaching his \u201cfalse\u201d ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But like a certain editor that I know, the English authorities of the 17th<\/sup> century had no concept of the power of fiction. They would have been smarter to let Bunyan preach. He would have had less impact traveling from pulpit to pulpit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just a few years after publication, The Pilgrim\u2019s Progress<\/em> had been published into several languages and was an international bestseller, topping all publication records. To bring it back into today\u2019s terms, it went viral instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The charm of The Pilgrim\u2019s Progress<\/em> then and now is its truth. Truth travels far and well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truth never dies. Neither should our reading of those books that contain it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bunyan will make a traveller of you too, if you let him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come, pluck up, heart; let\u2019s neither faint nor fear.
Better, though difficult, the right way to go,
Than wrong, though easy, where the end is woe.\u201d<\/p>John Bunyan, <\/strong>The Pilgrim\u2019s Progress<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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