Most Christians know John Newton as a man who once captained a slave ship, was dramatically converted to Christ on the high seas, and later penned one of the greatest hymns of the faith, “Amazing Grace.” But he also had a huge impact on his times as an icon of the evangelical movement, as a great preacher and theologian, and as a seminal influence on abolitionist William Wilberforce. Newton’s friendship with Wilberforce is portrayed in the major motion picture Amazing Grace.
On this day…
- Luke 6 – 2024
- Psalm 90 – 2024
- Nehemiah 4 – 2023
- Nehemiah 3 – 2023
- Giving money is only one way of showing charity; to give time & toil is far better & (for most of us) harder – 2011
- If my heart is right with God, every human being is my neighbor. – 2011
- Our problem is that we go from toy to toy rather than from glory to glory. – 2011
- As the stones in an arch help to strengthen one another, one Christian by imparting his experience, heats and quickens another – 2011
- Psalm 80:5 (NIV) – 2011
- Never support an experience which does not have God as its Source and faith in God as its result. – 2011
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