John Newton

By |Published On: September 21, 2015|Categories: News|

John NewtonMost of us know John Newton as the author of the timeless hymn, “Amazing Grace.” At a young age, Newton worked on slave ships, and was an active part of the slave trade. After Newton came to Christ, he became active in the abolition movement, living to see Britain’s abolition of the African slave trade in 1807. Newton was a humble, sweet-spirited man, and his reflections on the Christian faith are, to me, so inspiring. Like this quote, “Some Christians are called to endure a disproportionate amount of suffering. Such Christians are a spectacle of grace to the church, like flaming bushes unconsumed, and cause us to ask, like Moses: ‘Why is this bush not burned up?’ The strength and stability of these believers can be explained only by the miracle of God’s sustaining grace. The God who sustains Christians in unceasing pain is the same God — with the same grace — who sustains me in my smaller sufferings. We marvel at God’s persevering grace and grow in our confidence in Him as He governs our lives.”

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