Comments on: Piper on Bunyan’s Life of Suffering and Service http://timmybrister.com/2008/05/08/piper-on-bunyans-life-of-suffering-and-service/ Trusting God :: Treasuring Christ :: Triumphing the Gospel Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:53:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: James L http://timmybrister.com/2008/05/08/piper-on-bunyans-life-of-suffering-and-service/#comment-36313 James L Fri, 09 May 2008 21:08:43 +0000 http://timmybrister.wordpress.com/?p=2233#comment-36313 "We need to read about Bunyan in the morning, Brainerd at noon, and Baxter in the evening to keep us sober in the day of spiritual inebriation. May God help us to live for Him that is invisible as we progress to our heavenly home." That is some solid advice! “We need to read about Bunyan in the morning, Brainerd at noon, and Baxter in the evening to keep us sober in the day of spiritual inebriation. May God help us to live for Him that is invisible as we progress to our heavenly home.”
That is some solid advice!

]]> By: Phil Baiden http://timmybrister.com/2008/05/08/piper-on-bunyans-life-of-suffering-and-service/#comment-36297 Phil Baiden Fri, 09 May 2008 07:35:03 +0000 http://timmybrister.wordpress.com/?p=2233#comment-36297 I had a year with the church in Madagascar. Their story is a great one. In the 1830s the Christians there were fiercely persecuted. What sustained them in their suffering? The Bible and Pilgrim's Progress. I had a year with the church in Madagascar. Their story is a great one. In the 1830s the Christians there were fiercely persecuted.
What sustained them in their suffering? The Bible and Pilgrim’s Progress.

]]> By: D.L. Kane http://timmybrister.com/2008/05/08/piper-on-bunyans-life-of-suffering-and-service/#comment-36293 D.L. Kane Fri, 09 May 2008 01:19:11 +0000 http://timmybrister.wordpress.com/?p=2233#comment-36293 Timmy & Justin: You have no idea how much both of you have encoruaged and blessed me. Timmy's post and Justin's comment. This is the stuff that brings back the joy to my heart that I so hunger for each day. Thank you both. Timmy & Justin: You have no idea how much both of you have encoruaged and blessed me. Timmy’s post and Justin’s comment. This is the stuff that brings back the joy to my heart that I so hunger for each day. Thank you both.

]]> By: Justin Wheeler http://timmybrister.com/2008/05/08/piper-on-bunyans-life-of-suffering-and-service/#comment-36291 Justin Wheeler Thu, 08 May 2008 23:15:13 +0000 http://timmybrister.wordpress.com/?p=2233#comment-36291 Great post and i appreciate your candor. You are right, we don't understand suffering like those men did. I'm not so sure that we just don't understanding suffering at all. Just yesterday i was listening to Max Maclean's audio version of Pilgrim's Progress, which i highly recommend investing in. It was at the portion of CHristian's journey when he and Hopeful were caught by the Giant Despair and thrown into the dungeon of Doubting Castle. It is a horrifying tale and it made me ache for Bunyan and what he was truly enduring in his own flesh as he wrote that story. He goes on to write that Christian chastised himself because he realized that he had a key in his bosom all along that would allow him to walk freely out of the dungeon of despair. This man knew suffering for the glory of God and trusting in the sweet providence of God like few others that i have read. Piper's points are accurate and your thoughts are as well. We should gain strength and encouragement, as well as boldness and passion from reading of the saints, like Bunyan, who have run their race before us. Thanks again. Great post and i appreciate your candor. You are right, we don’t understand suffering like those men did. I’m not so sure that we just don’t understanding suffering at all.

Just yesterday i was listening to Max Maclean’s audio version of Pilgrim’s Progress, which i highly recommend investing in. It was at the portion of CHristian’s journey when he and Hopeful were caught by the Giant Despair and thrown into the dungeon of Doubting Castle. It is a horrifying tale and it made me ache for Bunyan and what he was truly enduring in his own flesh as he wrote that story.

He goes on to write that Christian chastised himself because he realized that he had a key in his bosom all along that would allow him to walk freely out of the dungeon of despair. This man knew suffering for the glory of God and trusting in the sweet providence of God like few others that i have read.

Piper’s points are accurate and your thoughts are as well. We should gain strength and encouragement, as well as boldness and passion from reading of the saints, like Bunyan, who have run their race before us.

Thanks again.

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