The Heavenly Footman, John Bunyan
The Heavenly Footman, John Bunyan
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The Heavenly Footman
A fast-paced and direct challenge to every Christian

Author: John Bunyan, George Offor

Narrator: John Smith

Unabridged: 1 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/13/2021

Synopsis

The Heavenly Footman is a fast-paced and direct challenge to every Christian to “run the race to win”! Footman is no reference to an infantryman or an aristocrat’s servant, but refers to those who are travelling on foot to a distant country, engaged in a pilgrimage from earth to heaven. John Bunyan uses the allegory of the runner to picture the Christian’s race through this world to win the heavenly prize. Indeed, they that will have heaven must run for it. “They which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize…so run, that ye may obtain” (1Co 9:24). He understands that most are too casual in their approach to the Christian life. Their vigilance looks more like sloth too much of the time! Instead, Bunyan encourages us to “press toward the mark,” to “continue in the faith” in spite of all adversity, to remove hindrances, to beware of by-paths, to know the cross and mortification, to deny self, and to persevere. While this race is mentioned in most works on holiness, Bunyan’s focus is on the personal vigilance needed to complete the race, starting now, starting today.

About John Bunyan

John Bunyan (1628-1688) was a Puritan preacher and writer born in Elstow, England. He wrote about sixty books and tracts during his lifetime, including A Holy Life, Of Antichrist and His Ruin, The Heavenly Footman, and The Holy War. Bunyan wrote his classic The Pilgrim's Progress during his twelve-year imprisonment in Bedford jail. Upon his release, he became the pastor of a church in Bedford, England.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Majenta on February 12, 2021

So, RUN!!!!! "Hi-Tops," anyone?......more

Goodreads review by ValeReads on July 17, 2022

This is a book (just one sermon, really) about not being lazy. Yet I decided not to bother with adding the narrator's name when I created the Goodreads page for this edition. Because it's also a book (just a booklet, really) about not getting distracted, and no way was I going to spend the whole aft......more

Goodreads review by Matt on April 15, 2013

It was likely while writing this work that the idea for Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress was born. That's the conclusion that biographer Faith Cook came to based on Bunyan's own testimony. Somewhere between a book and a sermon, this work of Bunyan's is an exposition of Paul's words in 1 Corinthians 9:24......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on February 10, 2008

This was a wonderful little book on how to run the Christian race in such a way as "to obtain." I think this would be good to read every New Year! And where else would you find such a sentence: "Cry hard to God for an enlightened heart, and a willing mind, and God give thee a prosperous journey. Yet......more

Goodreads review by John on January 18, 2018

John Bunyan has some very interesting and poignant takes on the simple concept that some people think that they have all the time in the world to get themselves right with God, and in their slothfulness discover that the doors to Heaven have been closed to them like the ill prepared virgins and thei......more

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