Many people think they know the story of the hymn,"Amazing Grace." The commonly accepted narrative presents its composer, John Newton, a young English captain of a late 18th-century slave ship, as a ...
2023 is the 250th anniversary year of "Amazing Grace." It was first performed on New Year's Day, 1773, and has gone through many changes over the years. You know those songs that you just kind of know ...
(RNS) — James Walvin, a former Church of England choirboy and professor of history at the University of York, doesn’t remember encountering “Amazing Grace,” in song or in his hymnal. It wasn’t until ...
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This week in Christian history: First recorded Christmas celebration; 'Amazing Grace' hymn writer dies
Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the first recorded Christmas celebration, the death of "Amazing ...
Why John Newton’s famous hymn is still so powerful after so long. In 2016, Coldplay began the encore of a headlining set at Glastonbury Festival with a sample of “Amazing Grace” sung by Barack Obama ...
President Obama delivered one of the most emotional moments of his presidency when he led a crowd of 5,500 people in singing "Amazing Grace" at the funeral services today of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney ...
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