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 ...

John Newton Christopher Smith had ... story that it wasn't until later he realized that Newton had penned one of the world's most beloved hymns, "Amazing Grace." Although Smith didn't have a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The tempest-tossed friendship of John Newton and William Cowper In ... poets of the eighteenth century. But the author of such well-known hymns as “God moves in a mysterious way” and ...

Why John Newton’s famous hymn is still so powerful after so long. In 2016, Coldplay began the encore of a headlining set at Glastonbury Festival with a sample of “Amazing Grace” sung by ...

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 Newton’s hymn ... analyst and the co-author of “On the ...