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
George Whitefield and John Newton were two of the titans of eighteenth-century British evangelicalism. But for too long, the precise nature of their mutual influence has remained unclear. Grant Gordon's much-needed book rectifies that problem with its treasure trove of illuminating research.
Thomas S. Kidd
Distinguished Professor of History, Baylor University, and author of George Whitefield: America?s Spiritual Founding Father
... an invaluable contribution to new understanding of the shared theology and history of these two great servants of the Lord. I could not recommend it more.
Jonathan Aitken
Former Politician and well-respected biographer
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’
... gave me fresh insights into the ministries of those special men, and a fresh appreciation for the grace of God that enabled them. This is history worth reading and pondering.
Stanley K. Fowler
Professor of Theological Studies, Heritage College & Seminary, Cambridge, Ontario