The Acceptable Sacrifice: The Excellency of a Broken Heart

by John Bunyan

104 pages, Hardcover

Published November 5, 2025

About the author

John Bunyan, a Christian writer and preacher, was born at Harrowden (one mile south-east of Bedford), in the Parish of Elstow, England. He wrote The Pilgrim's Progress, arguably the most famous published Christian allegory. In the Church of England he is remembered with a Lesser Festival on 30 August.

Reviews

[David Gunkel]

I didn’t realize how much reassurance I needed about things of faith in general, but particular about having a genuinely repentant heart towards sin as discussed in this book. For me it was surprisingly comforting, at many times while reading thinking “YES, that’s exactly how I feel/think!” but there were also real moments while I read that tested my honesty with myself and Jesus about my proactivity/reactions towards sin. John does an amazing job of explaining truth without holding back judgement as needed while esteeming Jesus as the highest source of mercy that he is. John also wrote this in such an understandable and coherent way that I doubt anybody could walk away saying they were confused at any point in this book. Definitely a top 10 book.