“The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the…” — John Bunyan | V2Melody

“The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither the middle nor the end.”

Presenting reverence as the foundation of spiritual understanding · The Strait Gate

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About John Bunyan

John Bunyan

November 1628–31 August 1688

John Bunyan, baptized on 30 November 1628 and dead on 31 August 1688, rose from the working life of rural Bedfordshire to become one of the most influential English religious writers of all time. Though he is best known as the author of The Pilgrim’s Progress, a book whose characters and phrases entered the language…

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Poems by John Bunyan

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“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.”

Widely attributed to Bunyan, but a primary source has not been securely identified · Commonly attributed saying

“Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the heart or soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Holy Spirit.”

Defining prayer as an inward act of the whole person rather than merely spoken words · A Discourse Touching Prayer

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“Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that roared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them, we shall find a nest of honey within them.”

Describing how resisting temptation can turn fear into strength and insight · The Pilgrim’s Progress

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