There is a great deal of debate, controversy, and disagreement in today’s world. Has this always been the case?

The content that follows is otherwise presented word for word, to help modern readers more readily grasp the careful reasoning and pastoral wisdom of Newton.

Scripture, rightly read, anchors us in truth while also teaching us to love the whole body of Christ. Conviction and charity are not at odds.

John Newton (1725–1807), once a slave trader and later the beloved pastor of Olney and London, became one of the most influential evangelical voices of the eighteenth century.

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