Reviews for The Complete Works Of John Bunyan Part 2, Vol. 2

The average rating for The Complete Works Of John Bunyan Part 2, Vol. 2 based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-10-23 00:00:00 Lamar Taylor Very few people know that Tolstoy wrote short stories with a Christian theme. In this thin volume, 3 of those stories are shared. Where Love Is, There God is Also This is a story about a humble shoemaker. He believes with childlike faith. in three encounters with various people in need, he shows the Gospel in action. He then realizes he has seen God in each of them through his caring for them. The Three Hermits A bishop learns a very important lesson from three hermits who live on an otherwise deserted island. When the bishop tries to teach them the proper way to pray, he learns that prayer is from the heart and should not be based on mere ritual. What Men Live By This tale examines what people need in order to live. One of God's angels is banished to earth until he has learned three lessons: what is IN men, what is not given to men, and what men live by. I first read this book in Jan of 2008 after I received it for Christmas. I am so glad that my group, Catholic Thought, chose to read if for this Christmas. It gave me the opportunity to read it again and have its lessons re-established. Reread Dec 25, 2020. Still just as good. 5 stars

Review # 2 was written on 2014-05-30 00:00:00 Jeremy Johnson It is fitting on Christmas Day to read a story about love. After all, love came down at Christmas. Martuin Avdyeitch is a humble shoemaker, a good man, whose Job-like suffering has caused him to wish he is dead. It is hard to keep the faith when life gets out of control and God seems absent. An encounter with an old man encouraged him to read the New Testament, and his spiritual perspective starts to shift. Tolstoy said, 'And the more he read, the more he understood, and the brighter and happier it grew in his heart.' Martuin has a remarkably teachable soul - 'And he began to measure his life by these words.' Martuin lives in a little basement room with only one window from which he has the habit of looking out onto the street. Even though all he could see are the feet of the passer-bys, he recognizes the people by their boots. One day, God comes visiting in the most unexpected ways on that familiar street and Martuin learns that He is not absent after all. What a heartwarming story! I never knew Tolstoy wrote stories with a spiritual theme. I am glad to have read one.