IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
Due to our family’s involvement in a CYT
performance next weekend, we will not have class next Thursday. We
will resume class on Thursday October 2nd.
We have begun our journey with our Pilgrim's
Progress protagonist, Christian. We have followed him through the Slough
of Despond and on to the house of Mr. Legality.
This is such a powerful work of literature that I don't want to rush
through the discussion. As we take our time reading in small chucks, I
encourage those students who (due to the slow pace of reading) have extra time, to add additional
works. Here are
some suggestions that I believe will inform our discussion:
“The Recovery of Sight by the Blind” – St. Augustine 354 -
430
Consider the implications of this sermon on the life of
Christian.
“Cry out amid the crowds that are restraining
you, and calling you back, and insulting you, whose lives are evil…”
“The Ascension of Christ” – Savonarola 1452-1498
Notice his allegorical interpretation of the story of
Balam’s ass. What comparisons is he
making? How might this manner of
interpreting scripture have influenced Bunyan if he read this sermon?
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” – Jonathan Edwards
1703-1758
Can you connect Edwards communication of the extreme peril
of the unsaved soul to Pilgrim’s distress in the beginning of the book? Why don’t we hear many sermons like this from
modern preachers?
Assignments for the next 2 weeks
Writing:
- · Complete pages 144 – 151 in your Student Workbook (week 1)
- · Write your essay on the Pandora story (week 2)
Reading (highlight as previously instructed)
- · Aristotle for Everybody chapters 12-13
- · Pilgrim’s Progress pages 84-158
- · The Author’s Apology for his Book – John Bunyan (link below)
As you read through Bunyan’s apology, make a
list of the proofs he gives for his implied thesis that “I should have written
this allegory”
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