Amazing Grace
- Host
- Kyle Thompson
- Published
- Aug 8, 2025
- Duration
- 4:33
Amazing Grace
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Overview
About this episode
We conclude our week-long series on favorite hymns by exploring Amazing Grace, the most famous hymn of all time written in 1772 by John Newton, a former slave ship captain turned minister and abolitionist after his conversion during a violent storm at sea. • Written by John Newton, a former slave ship captain who became a Christian in 1748 • After conversion, Newton became a minister and leading voice in the abolitionist movement • Leanne Rimes' 1997 version highlighted as a favorite renditi...
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