John Bunyan was born in 1628 in England and became a preacher, but was imprisoned for 12 years for preaching without a license. While imprisoned, he wrote his most famous work, "The Pilgrim's Progress", an allegorical novel about the Christian journey. He authored over 60 books that reflected his Christian beliefs and views on salvation through faith alone. After his release from prison, he pastored churches and continued writing prolifically until his death in 1688.

1. How his views of Christianity were reflected
in his writings.

3. Bunyan’s Beginning

 Born 1628 in Elstow, Bedfordshire, England
 Father was a mender of pots and kettles, Bunyan was
to follow in his footsteps but was more of a “Tinker”
 Mother passed away when he was sixteen
 Enlisted shortly after passing, fought for almost
three years
 Married at age twenty
 Christian Conversion began

4.  Bunyan was imprisoned
for preaching without a
license
 He remained in prison for
12 years where he wrote
his first 15 books Prison for Preaching
 Pardoned by King
Charles II
 Pastors Bedfordshire
Church

5. Bunyan’s Most
Famous Works
 “The Pilgrim’s Progress”
 “Grace abounding to the
Chief of Sinners”

6. John Bunyan’s Work

 Some Gospel Truths opened  The Holy City
 A Vindication of “Some Gospel  The Resurrection of the Dead and
Truths opened” Eternal Judgment
 A few Sighs from Hell  Defense of the Doctrine of
 The Doctrine of the Law and justification by Faith
Grace unfolded  Confession of Faith
 Profitable Meditations, fitted to  Difference of Judgment about
man’s different Conditions. In Water Baptism no bar to
nine particulars. Communion
 I will pray with the Spirit and  Peaceable Principles and True
with the Understanding also  Light for them that sit in
 Christian Behaviour; being the Darkness
Fruits of True Christianity  Instruction for the Ignorant
 The Four Last Things  Saved by Grace
 Ebal and Gerizim  The Strait Gate
 Prison Meditations

7. John Bunyan’s Work
continued
 A Treatise of the Fear of God
  Questions about the Nature and
 The Life and Death or Mr. Perpetuity of the Seventh-day
Badman Sabbath
 The Holy War  The Pharisee and the Publican
 The Barren Fig Tree  A Book for Boys and Girls
 The Greatness of the Soul  The Jerusalem Sinner saved
 A Case of Conscience resolved  The Work of Jesus Christ as an
 Seasonable Counsel or Advice to Advocate
Sufferers  Discourse of the Building,
 A Holy Life the Beauty of Nature, Excellency, and
Christianity Government of the House of God
 A Caution to stir up to Watch  The Water of Life
against Sin  Solomon’s Temple spiritualized
 The second part of Pilgrim’s  The Acceptable Sacrifice
Progress  Last Sermon

8. John Bunyan’s Work
Continued

 An Exposition of the Ten  The Saint’s Knowledge of
first Chapters of Genesis Christ’s Love
and part of the Eleventh
 Paul’s Departure and  The House of the Forest
Crown of Lebanon
 Israel’s Hope encouraged  Antichrist and her Ruin
 The Desires of the  The Heavenly Footman
Righteous granted
 The Saint’s Privilege and  The Relation of his
Profit Imprisonment
 Christ a Complete  The Pocket Concordance
Saviour
 The Scriptural Poems

9. Works Cited
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 "Biography of John Bunyan." n.d. http://www.ccel.org/b/bunyan. John Bunyan - (1628-
1688), Puritan author. 9 December 2011.
 Bunyan, John. Grace abounding to the Chief of Sinners. London: George Larkin, 1666.
 —. The Barren Fig Tree. London: Golden Lion, 1688. Edited by George Offer.
 —. "The Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan." 2001. www.bartleby.com/15/1/. The Pilgrim's
Progress. Vol. XV, Part 1. The Harvard Classics. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909-14. 3
December 2011.
 —. The Water of Life. Londo: Peacock in the Poultry, 1688. Edited by George Offor.
 Cheever, George B. "A Memoir on John Bunyan." May 1861. truthinheart.com. 10 December
2011.
 Davis, Emmalon. "Holy War." n.d. ccel.org. Description and Review of The Holy War. 10
December 2011.

10. Works Cited
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Editors., SparkNotes. "SparkNote on The Pilgrim's Progress." 2006. sparknotes.com. Sparknotes LLC. . 10
December 2011.
 "Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners: Publisher's Foreword." 31 March 2003. believersweb.org. 10
December 2011.
 Jesus. The King James Bible. n.d.
 Offor, George. "Sermons & Allegories." n.d. truthinheart.com. 10 December 2011.
 Ross, Stephen. "John Bunyan: Author and Preacher." n.d.
http://www.wholesomewords.org/biography/bbunyan.html/. Dictionary of National Biography. London:
Smith, Elder, & Co., 1886. 9 December 2011.
 —. "John Bunyan: Author and Preacher." n.d. http://www.wholesomewords.org/biography/bbunyan.html.
Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1886. 9 December 2011.
 —. "John Bunyan: English Author and Preacher." n.d.
http://www.wholesomewords.org/biography/bbunyan3.html. The New Schaff-Herzof Encyclopedia of
Religious Knowledge. 9 December 2011.