I found myself deeply moved earlier this week upon reading the diary of John Newton. Newton has become a dear friend of mine and there was something deeply moving about reading his diary, from his own pen, near the end… Continue Reading
Depression isn’t something new. Contrary to popular belief, Christians in ages past were not ignorant to its reality. I love reading through how the Puritans and early evangelicals (like John Newton) thought through such things as depression. In one letter… Continue Reading
My son is a pretty decent baseball player…for a five year old. He’d rather me not have added those last five words. He wants to be, at the age of five, a better baseball player than the guys that he… Continue Reading
There was no little turmoil in the world in 1801. England was only a few years removed from the Revolutionary War and now they faced the ever-increasing advance of Napoleon Bonaparte’s rule. Newton, writing to Hannah More, reflects upon the… Continue Reading