The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come » (Unabridged)

C.J. Lovik graduated from Westmont College with a degree in education and communication and taught elementary school in Southern California. When he was 9, Lovik read John Bunyan’s timeless classic The Pilgrim’s Progress for the first time, and it became his favorite book next to the Bible. During the past twenty years Lovik noticed that fewer and fewer young Christians had been exposed to The Pilgrim’s Progress. Thus he decided to revise and edit the original version so that it would be easier to read and understand for readers today, while remaining faithful to Bunyan’s narrative and preserving the beauty and tone of Bunyan’s original work. It is hoped that the final result will reintroduce the English-speaking world to this timeless classic.

The purpose in publishing this edition of The Pilgrim's Progress is to carry forward this treasured legacy for a new generation. With this as the objective, the text of this edition has only been lightly edited--to update archaic words and difficult sentence structure, while retaining the beauty and brilliance of the original story, and to let the story unfold with all the power, truth, and remarkable creativity of the original. It is our hope and prayer, then, that the following pages will fascinate and captivate the hearts and minds of this generation today, as was the case when The Pilgrim's Progress was first published more than three centuries ago.

List of Illustrations 9

Publisher's Foreword 11

Editor's Introduction C. J. Lovik 14

Chapter 1 Pilgrim's Great Distress 19

Chapter 2 The Way of the World or the Narrow Way 31

Chapter 3 A Burden Lifted and a Journey Begun 59

Chapter 4 A Fierce Battle and a Dark Valley 87

Chapter 5 A Faithful Friend 101

Chapter 6 A Faith Beyond Words 111

Chapter 7 On Trial for the Gospel 123

Chapter 8 Confronting Worldly Attachments 141

Chapter 9 Refreshment at God's River 151

Chapter 10 Prisoners of Despair 157

Chapter 11 Shepherds' Warnings, Dangers Avoided 167

Chapter 12 Faith Under Attack 175

Chapter 13 Flattering Enemies and Renewed Trust 185

Chapter 14 Stubborn Ignorance 199

Chapter 15 Home In the Celestial City 211

The Conclusion 223

Editor's Notes 224