John Newton Quotes

11 quotes from 7 authors

John Newton, best known for penning “Amazing Grace,” offers a rare glimpse into the mind of a former slave trader turned clergyman. These 11 excerpts, drawn from seven different collections, reveal his evolving conscience, the weight of redemption, and the power of humility. Readers interested in spiritual transformation or the complexities of moral change will find his words especially resonant.

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“Christ has taken our nature into heaven to represent us, and has left us on earth with his nature to represent him."…

John Newton

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“In short, I am a riddle to myself; a heap of inconsistence. John Newton1 My”

Jared C. Wilson

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“May John Newton’s prayer for himself be our prayer to God for our churches: “I am not what I ought to be.…

Mark Dever

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The truly changed, truly converted, truly Christian heart can say with John Newton, “I am not what I ought to be. I…

Mark Dever

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“John Newton, “I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I wish to be. I am not what…

Mark Dever

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Many mothers make the mistake of forever looking for the bad in the child, trying to . . . uproot and drive…

Orison Swett Marden

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'Amazing Grace' is about the man who wrote 'Amazing Grace,' John Newton. It's a really great show - I have been workshopping…

Josh Young

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“like trying to eject the darkness from a room without opening the shutters and letting in the light. “I cannot sweep the…

Orison Swett Marden

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“The call to give thanks, not at the end, but in the midst, began to reverberate inside us. We may never arrive…

Katherine Wolf

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“The women did not know how he visited Englishmen in Calcutta during the day, only to be treated with contempt. Even a…

Sam Wellman

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“Through Thomas, William met John Newton, nearly 70, a well-known Anglican churchman once from Olney. Newton had been a slave runner, his…

Sam Wellman

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