The Pilgrim's Progress, a Christian allegory written by John Bunyan, is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature, has been translated into more than 200 languages. Now it is retold and shortened in graphic novel form for children and young adults who want to know Bunyan's story but who might well find the language of the original difficult to understand. In Volume 1, Christian, an everyman character, is the protagonist of the allegory, which centers itself in his journey from his home-town, the City of Destruction (this world), to the Celestial City (that which is to come: Heaven). The allegorical quest for faith - avoiding the Slough of Despond, escaping the temptations of Van-ity Fair, and fending off the giant Despair.
The Prophets 1 covers the major prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah, both who were called to prophesy to the nation of Judah. Judah was threatened by both Assyria and Egypt; Isaiah proclaimed to Judah a...
The Babylonian army ransacks Jerusalem in 539 B. C. A young Hebrew boy from the royal family named Daniel and three of his young friends are transported to Babylon.
The days of the judges were termed the days when everyone did what was right in their own eyes. The people of Israel began following the customs and gods of the nations around them. So God began...
Nahum was written to between 663 and 612 B. C. to tell the people of Judah to not despair because the brutal Assyrians would soon be getting their just punishment from God. The prophet Habakkuk...
The Christ Vol. 12 - "THE RESURRECTION" Volume 12, the final volume in The Christ series, finishes telling of Jesus' sacrificial death, Judas hanging himself, the empty tomb, the reinstatement of...