Issue 81. John Newton: Author of "Amazing Grace"
Summary
After years of running, searching, and falling, amazing grace finally caught up with John Newton. Leaving the lucrative slave-trade behind, he devoted his life to ministering to the lowly, the overlooked, and the ordinary in his Olney parish, and he was both friend and mentor to a young William Wilberforce—the man who would end the greatest oppression in England.
This issue of Christian History & Biography recounts the life and legacy of John Newton, a man who willingly shared with others the grace that saved his wretched soul.
Inside this issue you'll find:
- Living History
From Bede's world to Whitefield's thumb. - Eye Witness
Wesley's word to a condemned malefactor. - Story Behind
The original Christian bumper sticker. - The Amazingly Graced Life of John Newton
His was a tale of two lives, with God at the pivot point. Also: Inside Informer - The American Anthem
How "Amazing Grace" went from ignored in Britain to acclaimed in America. - Forging Britain's "Gospel Era"
Newton joined those who laid the groundwork for British Evangelicalism - from within the Established Church. - The Captain and the Castaway
The "tempest-tossed" friendship of John Newton and William Cowper. - Pastor to the Nation
Newton responded to thousands of requests for spiritual counsel with letters advising the lowly and the great. - Not a Synod but a Salon
The "evangelical underground" plotted England's and the world's salvation at a London pub. - People Worth Knowing
No "Little Women" here.
- Did You Know?
- From the Editor
- CH Timeline
- Recommended Resources
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