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Amazing Grace is the surprising true story of John Newton, author
of the song that has touched millions. A biography that reads like
a novel, it reveals Newton's dramatic story of sin and salvation as
a slave trader before his ultimate transformation to speaking out
against the horror of slavery. His story speaks to the brokenness
within us all and our need for God's amazing grace-and reveals the
truth behind his song. Amazing Grace is based on years of research
on the life and writings of John Newton. It tells of a prodigal who
returns home, and a young love that defies the odds; of a young man
whose life is torn by grief and wounded by the cruelty of others,
following his descent into deeper suffering and finally into the
brutal world of the slave trade. Newton rejects God repeatedly but
is rescued by a divine mercy that reaches deeper than he could ever
have imagined as he ultimately faces his past and repents. Newton's
story is shocking, and Amazing Grace does not try to airbrush or
excuse his faults. There are glaring contradictions in the life of
a ship's Captain who retreats to his cabin to study his Bible and
write tender love letters to his wife while hundreds of slaves lie
in chains in the hold below. The profound lessons from his life are
applicable to us today, helping us to: Discover that the need for
grace is universal and offers the deepest hope for overcoming
hatred Be honest about our lives even when we are ashamed and face
seemingly unresolvable problems Look for grace when life is far
from perfect and doesn't match up to our expectations Trust that
our mistakes and regrets, no matter how deep, can be redeemed in
the end Since the first public singing of "Amazing Grace" almost
250 years ago, every generation has been profoundly moved by the
song, and now readers can connect with John Newton's story like
never before. In these days of extreme polarization when beliefs
about race, church, and politics have all become deeply divisive in
society, we need grace more than ever. We need stories like this
one that talk honestly about the human condition but even more
about the relentless love of God and his forgiveness of sins.
The first National Forum on Christian Higher Education took place
at the King's University College in Edmonton in May 2012. The theme
for the forum was "For Christ and His Kingdom: Inspiring a New
Generation." The opening and closing plenary addresses by Bruce
Hindmarsh and Dr. James Houston, both from Regent College, served
as bookends that provided the context for the forum and the other
plenary sessions. In this publication of their addresses, Dr.
Hindmarsh presents the need for intellectual and spiritual
integrity as essential to paradosis, the transmission of a living
faith to the next generation, while Dr. Houston provides a
compelling case for a fulsome theological understanding of the
person in Christ as intrinsic to an authentic Christian education
that avoids the reductionism of secular viewpoints.
Dr Hindmarsh draws upon extensive archival and antiquarian sources
to provide a serious, scholarly consideration of the life and
religious thought of John Newton (1725-1807). In addition, he uses
the theme of Newton as a 'sort of middle man' to explore the
religious understanding of a whole generation who knew themselves
as 'evangelical' although this was different from those who later
adopted the term as a badge of partisan loyalty. The author shows
how Newton is related to other Church of England evangelicals,
Methodists, and various Dissenting bodies, and how his life sheds
light on little explored aspects of the Evangelical Revival which
contribute to an understanding and reassessment of the
eighteenth-century church. In addition to discussion of themes in
historical theology, pastoralia, and spirituality, an analysis of
conversion narrative, the familiar letter, and hymnody contribute
to an understanding of the relationship between religion and
culture more generally.
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, thousands of ordinary
women and men experienced evangelical conversion and turned to a
certain form of spiritual autobiography to make sense of their
lives. This book traces the rise and progress of conversion
narrative as a unique form of spiritual autobiography in early
modern England. After outlining the emergence of the genre in the
seventeenth century and the revival of the form in the journals of
the leaders of the Evangelical Revival, the central chapters of the
book examine extensive archival sources to show the subtly
different forms of narrative identity that appeared among Wesleyan
Methodists, Moravians, Anglicans, Baptists, and others. Attentive
to the unique voices of pastors and laypeople, women and men,
Western and non-Western peoples, the book establishes the cultural
conditions under which the genre proliferated.
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, thousands of ordinary
women and men experienced evangelical conversion and turned to a
certain form of spiritual autobiography to make sense of their
lives. This book traces the rise and progress of conversion
narrative as a unique form of spiritual autobiography in early
modern England. After outlining the emergence of the genre in the
seventeenth century and the revival of the form in the journals of
the leaders of the Evangelical Revival, the central chapters of the
book examine extensive archival sources to show the subtly
different forms of narrative identity that appeared among Wesleyan
Methodists, Moravians, Anglicans, Baptists, and others. Attentive
to the unique voices of pastors and laypeople, women and men,
Western and non-Western peoples, the book establishes the cultural
conditions under which the genre proliferated.
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