John Newton. Slave trader turned evangelical preacher and abolitionist. John Newton was born in London and went to sea with his sailor father at the age of 11. In 1744, ...

As I got to know John Newton, I felt I was in the presence of a quintessential pastor. He had known the misery of sin at close hand and delighted in bringing what the Puritans termed “soul cure ...

To John Ryland, Jr., a young family friend just embarking on a ministerial career, Newton wrote, “I desire to grow in knowledge, but I want nothing which bears that name, that has not a direct ...

A stained-glass image of John Newton, the man who wrote "Amazing Grace." | Adam Jones, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 2.0 Travelers driving the coast of Donegal, Ireland, may be puzzled by the road ...

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