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The Holy War

John Bunyan

Book Overview: 

The Holy War is perhaps John Bunyan's second most popular work, after The Pilgrim's Progress. It tells the story of a fierce battle to take control of a city from its rightful ruler.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .nd his scutcheon was the three burning thunderbolts.

The second captain was Captain Conviction; to him also were given ten thousand men.  His ensign’s name was Mr. Sorrow; he did bear the pale colours, and his scutcheon was the book of the law wide open, from whence issued a flame of fire.

The third captain was Captain Judgment; to him were given ten thousand men.  His ensign’s name was Mr. Terror; he bare the red colours, and his scutcheon was a burning fiery furnace.

The fourth captain was Captain Execution; to him were given ten thousand men.  His ensign was one Mr. Justice; he also bare the red colours, and his scutcheon was a fruitless tree, with an axe lying at the root thereof.

These four captains, as I said, had every one of them under his command ten thousand men, all of good fidelity to the King, and stout at their military actions.

Well, the captains and their forces, their men and under officer. . . Read More

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Bunyan is best known for his allegory of the Christian life called the Pilgrim's Progress. No doubt that is where any reader of Bunyan should start. But those who enjoy his Bible-saturated allegory and its unique and powerful manner of communicating truth would do well to follow it up with the Holy

I have said this twice before, but I’ll say it again to make thrice. This book is prescient --eerily prescient. If I had read it a decade ago, I would probably have thought the allegory quaint and more than a little over-the-top. In these stormy times, however, this book is like a dart thrown toward

Perhaps the greatest book ever written outside the Bible.

For its glorious and compelling presentation of Christ as well as intensity that comes straight from Scripture, this book deserves more honor than Pilgrim's Progress.

Plot:
1. Diabolos conquers the town.
2. Emmanuel takes it back.
3. The town

Bunyan definitely shows a gift for weaving the principles of Scripture into narrative. The story itself doesn't even have to be that convincing to deliver to us the same Truths we learn and Passover in the Bible in a format that is just different enough to slip past our ennui.

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