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John Milton’s Paradise Lost is often considered one of, or perhaps even the greatest work of English poetry, ranking the poet with Chaucer and Shakespeare in the English-speaking canon. Even so, it is seldom read today, and largely ignored by Christians. It is, nevertheless, the product of both a stunningly brilliant and a profoundly pious mind. It was said of John Bunyan that he bled Scripture when cut, but it is no less true of John Milton, and Paradise Lost has a great deal more intellect and “meat” than the simple milk of Pilgrim’s Progress. This book attempts to renew the image and import of this epic poem for Christians in the 21st century, who are facing an evolved series of problems, but the same playbook of evil that Milton’s Satan uses. Join the Christian Atheist as Milton’s poem comes alive again and displays both the greatness of God in Creation and the depths of depravity to which the Great Deceiver would drag us. If you’ve ever wondered how the Western World, once so alive, vibrant, rational and scientific can have fallen so swiftly and decisively into darkness, look no further, for Milton laid out the playbook 350 years ago.