Faith Cook has been a lover of John Bunyan's work for many years, first encountering him through The Pilgrim's Progress in preschool years. Later she discovered through his 'Complete Works' his many other books and ten years ago she wrote Fearless Pilgrim, a detailed biography of Bunyan. Now she has taken up her pen again to write this well-paced and accessible biography that will appeal to every reader. Inevitably it is more than just a biography: this is a story told so that the Lord Jesus Christ is glorified and the reader can find encouragement for their own pilgrim path. Bunyan suffered in many ways and his own words express best the message this book brings: (God) can make those things that in themselves are most fearful and terrible to behold, the most pleasant, delightful and desirable things. He can make a gaol more beautiful than a palace... He can so sweeten our sufferings with the honey of his word... and make them so easy by the spreading of his feathers over us that we shall not be able to say that in all the world a more comfortable position can be found.
Faith Cook, born in China, is an English Christian author. She was brought up in China, in a Christian environment, with both her parents being involved heavily in the China Inland Mission work. She was quick to learn the works of the Lord in her parents' life and became a Christian.
She is best known for the books, Under the Scaffold and Troubled Journey Faith made a quick leap up the ratings in Christian ratings. "Troubled Journey", a book about her life and the troubles she had growing up, and how the Lord shaped her life is a real inspiration to young and old Christians alike. She has also written many Christian historical books, doing in-depth Christian studies into individuals such as Lady Jane Grey, William Grimshaw, Samuel Rutherford and her newest book on John Bunyan called "The life and times of John Bunyan" as well as studying the historic pasts of the most famous hymn writers in the book, "Hymn Writers and Their Hymns'"
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