The Tinker Who Outshone the Theologians
In 1660, a traveling mender of pots and pans sat in a cold Bedford jail cell, convicted for preaching without a license. John Bunyan had...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 Corinthians 2:1-16.
In 1660, a traveling mender of pots and pans sat in a cold Bedford jail cell, convicted for preaching without a license. John Bunyan had no university degree, no ordination from any recognized body, no library of classical texts. The educated clergy of Restoration England regarded him as an embarrassment — a barely literate tradesman who dared to speak of holy things.…
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