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Bunyan's allegory uses the everyday world of common experience as a metaphor for the spiritual journey of the soul toward God. The hero, Christian, encounters many obstacles in his quest: the Valley of the Shadow of Death, Vanity Fair, Doubting Castle, the Wicket Gate, as well as those who tempt him from his path (e.g., Talkative, Mr. Worldly Wiseman, the Giant Despair). But in the end he reaches Beulah Land, where he awaits the crossing of the river of death and his entry into the heavenly city. "Pilgrim's Progress" was enormously influential not only as a best-selling inspirational tract in the late 17th century, but as an ancestor of the 18th-century English novel, and many of its themes and ideas have entered permanently into Western culture.
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"Special thanks to the congregation of Faith Free Presbyterian Church for their prayers and participation in this project" - container.
Principal characters: Christian - Steve Eager; Narrator - Charles Koelsch; Faithful - John Baker; Hopeful - John Matzko. Cast (in order of appearance): Evangelist - Ed Panosian; Obstinate - Scott Bradford; Pliable - Tim Gardner; Help - Ralph Anderson; Mr. Worldly Wiseman - Bruce Byers; Goodwill - Paul Overly; Interpreter - David Mook; Stout Countenance - John Baker; Man in the Iron Cage - George Graf; Man with the Dream - Jay Bopp; Angel voices - Ryu Kyung Lee, Jan Gardner; Simple - Seth Carper; Sloth and Presumption - Bevan Elliott; Formalist - Bill Pinkston; Hypocrisy - Mark Panosian; Timorous - Bevan Elliott; Mistrust - Bruce Byers; Porter - Brad Carper; Discretion - Sarah Elliott; Piety - Rachel Fisher; Prudence - Rachel Carper; Charity - Joan Pinkston; Apollyon - Chuck Nicholas; Man with Evil Report - Bill Pinkston; Pope - Steve Eager; Talkative - Gene Elliott - Judge Hate-Good - David Mook; Envy - Chris Barnes; Superstition - Mark Spears; Pickthank - Steve Eager; Men of the Jury - Chris Barnes, John Matzko, Steve Eager, Steven Lee; Mr. By-Ends - Bruce Byers; Mr. Money-Love - Steve Eager; Mr. Hold-the-World - Jay Bopp; Mr. Save-All - Scott Bradford; Demas - Paul Overly; Vain Confidence - Chris Barnes; Giant Despair - Chuck Nicholas; Diffidence - Rachel Fisher; Shepherd Knowledge - Mark Allison; Shepherd Watchful - Ian Goligher; Shepherd Sincere - Ralph Anderson; Shepherd Experience - Gail Gingery; Ignorance - Jeff Stegall; Little-Faith and Rogues - Steve Eager; Flatterer - Chuck Nicholas; Atheist - Ellis Anderson; Shining Ones - Tim Gardner, Don Barrett; Gardener and Man in City - Mark Lauger.
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