John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace
by Jonathan Aitken
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Author: Jonathan AitkenForeword: Philip Yancey
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-07
ISBN: 1581348487
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Crossway Books
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Book Review: Legislating morality & ending slavery
Summary: 5 Stars
Jonathan Aitken does a fantastic job of bringing John Newton to life again. Newton is best known today as the author of Amazing Grace. But he had a far greater influence on the western world. He was the prime mover behind the British political movement to outlaw the slave trade.
Aitken shows that Newton did not believe in the modern wall of separation between church and state. Neither did he believe in the modern prohibition against legislating morality. Rather, as a pastor, he actively campaigned to impose his morality on British law. He demanded, on moral and religious grounds, that Parliament end the slave trade. And he recruited one of Parliament's rising stars -- William Wilberforce -- to lead the charge from within the legislature.
Aitken tells a great story about Wilberforce's reluctance to remain in Parliament. He was discouraged by the slow pace of the abolition movement -- losing every Parliamentary vote for years. In December of 1785, Wilberforce wanted to quit politics and become a pastor. Newton firmly advised Wilberforce to remain in politics and serve God as a Christian statesman. Thereafter, year after year, Newton and Wilberforce worked together to build a consensus to outlaw the slave trade, and finally outlaw slavery itself, throughout the British empire. They opened the floodgates of freedom for the rest of the world.
Today, many "enlightened" voices tell religious conservatives that morality and religion are private matters, to be kept untainted by the pollution of politics. Some like Dr. Greg Boyd actually assert that politics is demonic, and that Satan owns the nations of the world. (That would surprise the Psalmist, who declared that the earth and the nations are the LORD's!)
If John Newton were here today, he would sharply reprove this defeatist mentality. God has all authority in heaven and earth. If the church perseveres, it is unstoppable, and the gates of hell cannot withstand its advances. God's amazing grace will overcome today's great moral evils, if we do not lose heart and disengage from society and government.
Summary of John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace
Most Christians know John Newton as a man who once captained aslave ship, was dramatically converted to Christ on the high seas,and later penned one of the greatest hymns of the faith, "AmazingGrace." But he also had a huge impact on his times as an icon ofthe evangelical movement, as a great preacher and theologian, andas a seminal influence on abolitionist William Wilberforce.Newton's friendship with Wilberforce is portrayed in the majormotion picture Amazing Grace.
Jonathan Aitken's new biography John Newton explores all thesefacets of Newton's life and character. It is the first biography todraw on Newton's unpublished diaries and correspondence, providingfresh insight into the life of this complex and memorableChristian. The result is a fascinating, colorful, and historicallysignificant portrait of John Newton, a self-described "greatsinner" redeemed by a great Savior through amazing grace.
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