Neither Chains nor Silence
For twelve years, authorities held him behind iron bars, expecting silence.
He Lost His Freedom. He Refused to Lose His Voice. John Bunyan walked into Bedford Gaol in 1660 and refused to walk out a broken man. For twelve years, authorities held him behind iron bars, expecting silence. Instead, he gave the world Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners , The Pilgrim's Progress , and a body of writing that has never stopped speaking.
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Neither Chains nor Silence is the story of how imprisonment became the furnace that forged one of Christianity's most enduring voices. If you have walked with Christian through the Slough of Despond, trembled at Doubting Castle, or cheered at the Celestial City, and you have ever wondered what kind of man could write such things from a prison cell, this is the book you have been searching for. This is not simply biography. It is an invitation to meet the pilgrim behind the allegory, and to have your own faith enlarged by his.
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