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Church History: Father’s Day without a Father and the Unsung Stanzas of Amazing Grace

21st June 2015

Today, for the fourth year, I experience Father’s Day as a father but without a living father. My father passed away in the late summer of 2011. As far back as I can remember, his favorite hymn was “Amazing Grace.” I do not recall this song ever being sung without it drawing tears from his eyes. […]

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Filed Under: Family Ministry, History, Uncategorized Tagged With: Amazing Grace, Father, Father’s Day, John Newton

Family Ministry: “As it Were a Little Church,” The Puritan Model for Family Discipleship

3rd September 2013

Even in the latest models of family ministry, there are components that can be traced back centuries before the recent surge of family ministry books and conferences. Among the Puritan heirs of the Reformation, there was a clear model for family discipleship that could be learned and transferred from one context to another. Brief, daily times […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Learn, Solve Tagged With: family, family ministry, John Newton, Jonathan Edwards, puritans

Church History: How Did a Christian Politician Help to End the British Slave Trade?

8th November 2012

To learn more about William Wilberforce and the end of the British slave trade, read this introduction from Eric Metaxas or this summary from C. Ben Mitchell. 30 Days through Church History: Day 24

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Filed Under: Blog, Learn, Video Tagged With: 30 days, church history, Eric Metaxas, history, John Newton, politics, slavery, William Wilberforce

Church History: The Forgotten Hymn That Once Preceded “Amazing Grace”

18th June 2012

While doing some research related to the writer of the lyrics now know as the hymn “Amazing Grace,” I ran across another set of lyrics that are equally powerful but far less familiar. First off, a few little-known facts about “Amazing Grace”: * The original title wasn’t “Amazing Grace” at all but “Faith’s Review and […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Learn, Music reviews Tagged With: church history, history, John Newton

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