The Old Slave Trader Who Saw a Young Man's Destiny
In 1785, a twenty-five-year-old member of Parliament named William Wilberforce sat in the parlor of John Newton, the aging rector of St. Mary Woolnoth in...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on John 1:43-51.
In 1785, a twenty-five-year-old member of Parliament named William Wilberforce sat in the parlor of John Newton, the aging rector of St. Mary Woolnoth in London. Wilberforce had recently come to faith and was wrestling with whether to leave politics for the ministry. He assumed public life and devotion to God could not coexist. Newton studied the young man across from him — restless, brilliant, burdened with conviction.…
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