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From the Pen of Newton: Not Being Content With a Little

February 16, 2012Mike Leake

…He has given us exceeding great and precious promises; has bid us open our mouths wide, and has said that He will fill them. He would have us ask great things, and when we have enlarged our desires to the… Continue Reading →

From the Pen of Newton: How to Be Neither Useful Nor Respected

February 7, 2012Mike Leake 1 Comment

A young convert that has taken up preaching—the Rev. Thomas Bowman—was quite timid in the pulpit. Part of it was his disposition, some of it may have been an unhealthy fear of man. To this young man Newton writes: There… Continue Reading →

From the Pen of Newton: Affliction, Marriage, and Rescue

January 24, 2012Mike Leake

There are abominations which, like nests of vipers, lie so quietly within, that we hardly suspect they are there till the rod of affliction rouses them; then they hiss and show their venom. This discovery is indeed very distressing; yet,… Continue Reading →

Quick Review of Wise Counsel: John Newton’s Letters to John Ryland Jr. Edited by Grant Gordon

January 17, 2012Mike Leake

“I wish my letters may be a bridle to you and yours a spur to me”. T he above words are ones that John Newton wrote to John Ryland, Jr. Newton was almost 50 when he wrote those words and… Continue Reading →

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