The Prisoner Who Chose Moss Over Silence
In 1661, John Bunyan sat in a damp Bedford jail cell, arrested for the crime of preaching without a license from the Church of England....
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Acts 5:27-32.
In 1661, John Bunyan sat in a damp Bedford jail cell, arrested for the crime of preaching without a license from the Church of England. The magistrates offered him a simple deal: stop preaching, and walk free. His wife, Elizabeth, was pregnant. His blind daughter, Mary, needed her father. The choice should have been easy. But Bunyan told the court that if they released him today, he would preach again tomorrow.…
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