Puritan Challenged
Posted on Monday, February 04, 2008 at 12:18 PM by David Zavadil
As most of you know, I have been taking part in a modified form of The Puritan Challenge . I January I began reading, Grace Abounding for the Chief of Sinners. I have to confess that this has been a tougher read than I first expected. Though it is not an easy read, compared to the latest Olsteen book, it has been most challenging. I spent the first two weeks wondering, "When am I going to get to the slave trade?" Only after reading a while did it click that this is Bunyan's story not Newton's. After beating myself up for my idiocy, I pressed on.
Bunyan's constant struggle with doubt and his own selfish lusts proves convicting. I am amazed how many of his struggles and issues were similar to those we experience. Like Bunyan, I have often wondered how God could love and forgive a sinner such as I am. Like Bunyan, I seek God's grace as the chief of sinners. It is so amazing to see the truth of Scriptures revealing to my heart, as it did to Bunyan, the abundant grace of God.
Though I have not finished this wonderful book, I will continue to plug
on at the same time beginning Flavel's Mystery
of Providence (Puritan Paperbacks) (Puritan Paperbacks)
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