Released in the UK January 2016
Released in the US March 2016
Trade paperback | 224 Pages
9781781917152 • £8.99 $14.99
BISAC – BIO018000
A Great Blessing to Me
John Newton Encounters George Whitefield
Grant Gordon
Foreword by Michael A.G. Haykin
Fresh insight into John Newton and George Whitefield
Spiritually delightful and historically valuable
George Whitefield, regarded as the preaching wonder of his day, and John Newton, one of the leading spiritual guides of the movement that Whitefield had a significant hand in creating, Evangelicalism, are perennially interesting figures.
These lives, intertwined as this study of a portion of those lives reveals, speak across the centuries to our day. These two marvelous characters have much to teach contemporary Christians. A great read for both the professional historian and the thoughtful Christian.
Grant Gordon
Grant Gordon, who resides in Ontario, Canada, is a respected specialist in 18th-century evangelical church history, especially in the UK and editor of Wise Counsel: John Newton?s Letters to John Ryland Jr.
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Christian Focus
This is not simply a book for lovers of church history; all Christian people will benefit from it spiritually. For those unfamiliar with the two men, this will make an excellent introduction. For others, new light will be shed on a delightful Christian friendship. It is warmly recommended.
Evangelical Times
Grant Gordon's careful research has uncovered an important story, both for fleshing out the early history of modern evangelicalism and offering an encouraging picture of that evangelicalism at its best.
Mark A. Noll
Author of ‘America’s Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization, 1794–1911’
Grant Gordon has written a full and careful study of their relations which reveals something of the calibre of the two men as devoted Christian leaders.
David Bebbington
Professor of History, University of Stirling, Stirling
Reading of the interaction between these two men of such significant influence, when our church today so badly neds a similar evangelical revival, is likely to be 'a great blessing' to you!
Marylynn Rouse
Director, John Newton Project