The last few weeks I’ve been reading this book, originally written by an English writer named John Bunyan. Not to be mistaken with the axe- throwing lumberjack Paul Bunyan :) John was born in England in 1628. He was an author and puritan preacher. He came from a simple family who had an Anglican faith background. In his youth he went into the parliament army of England. In one of his writings he talks about his experience in the army where he lived a wild & reckless backslidden lifestyle until one day, he was supposed to go into battle. However one of his soldier buddies begged him to switch places with him because his buddy wanted to see battle. That day the young man who took John's place was killed in battle and it was that moment when John realized the hand of God in his life. He left the army, now living with sort of this “spiritual reality” in the front of his mind and in his heart. One day he came across this group of women in town who were huddled together having a theological discussion. He couldn’t help but ask to join the conversation because he had questions he needed answers to. It turned out that the group of women he came across actually founded (yes women) founded an underground church called, The Bedford Free Church.
Amen! I’ll have to add that book to my list to read! 🙏🏻