The Rev. John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace” has become a national hymn, uniting people of all walks of life and reflecting the Christian view of man as a fallen creature who can d… ...

The words to ‘Amazing Grace’ were written by a clergyman with his own catalog of sins to repent. The tune we all know came later.

On January 1, 1773, in Olney, England, The Rev. John Newton, a slave trader-turned-abolitionist, gave a sermon about personal redemption. His words would become one of the best-known hymns in the ...