John Newton is best known for his well-loved hymn, Amazing Grace. He was also a vocal opponent of England’s slave trade, but those closest to him in his youth knew him as a foul-mouthed, hard-living reprobate who made his living as a slave ship captain. Early in Newton’s Christian life, his reputation would have followed… Continue reading Are You Worried that Your Past Might Cancel Your Future?
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An Ocean of Theology in a Thimble
There is a way of speaking and writing that travels well, that finds its way into the small spaces of full days and busy brains so that truth, like a clinging burdock seed, gets caught and carried along for the ride. Tony Reinke has portrayed this aspect of John Newton's theology in Newton on the… Continue reading An Ocean of Theology in a Thimble

