The author of the beloved hymn “Amazing Grace,” Newton was no pious hymn-writer. He had a cruel past as a slave trader and rapist, but he became a lead abolitionist, and his life story influenced emancipation crusader William Wilberforce—helping spark the movement to end slavery throughout the British Empire.
Biographer John Pollock, author of The Trinity Forum’s best-selling Reading William Wilberforce: A Man Who Changed His Times, leads the reader through Newton’s troubled youth, his dramatic conversion, and renewed life. In the foreword, Os Guinness puts Newton’s story in context for us, comparing sincere repentance with conversion and today’s PR image makeovers.
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