Though some today wonder if the word wretch is hyperbole or a bit of dramatic license, John Newton, the song's author, clearly did not. Newton was nurtured by a Christian mother who taught him the ...

Clearly there’s something amazing about grace. John Newton, the song’s writer, certainly thought so. Born in London in 1725, Newton led a fascinating life. He was forced into naval service at ...

As we look at another New Year’s Day, it’s a good time to reflect on a song that unites rather than divides us: the Rev. John ...

Even John Wesley recognized the role Newton ... To his correspondent he added, “I got a hymn out of this lion.” Newton wrote what would become his best known hymn to accompany a sermon on ...

1725 Newton is born in London to John & Elizabeth Newton ... of Olney Hymns establishes Newton’s reputation as a hymn-writer. December 1779 Church of England inducts Newton as rector of St ...

In fact, the link between “Amazing Grace” and slavery is clear and fairly obvious: the author ... on John Newton as a slave trader. But the more I read about his famous hymn, and the more ...

Adam Jones via Wikimedia Commons CC2.0 If we know John Newton’s name at all, it’s because he wrote “Amazing Grace,” which is, by all accounts, the most universally sung hymn in the English language.

Amazing Grace' is a song about salvation, but it wasn't composed until long after its writer had left his seafaring days behind him and become a minister. John Newton (1725-1807) first worked as a ...

The sweeping musical, centering on the tumultuous life of John Newton, the hymn’s 18th-century author, tells the story of how the song came to be in the first place. A libertine English sailor ...

Clearly there’s something amazing about grace. John Newton, the song’s writer, certainly thought so. Born in London in 1725, Newton led a fascinating life. He was forced into naval service at ...