{"id":114315,"date":"2026-11-10T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=114315"},"modified":"2026-11-06T10:05:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T10:05:51","slug":"john-newton-amazing-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/john-newton-amazing-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"\u062c\u0648\u0646 \u0646\u064a\u0648\u062a\u0646\u060c \u0642\u0628\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0633\u0641\u064a\u0646\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0628\u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a \u0643\u062a\u0628 \u062a\u0631\u0646\u064a\u0645\u0629 \"\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0639\u0645\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0630\u0647\u0644\u0629\""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>John Newton wrote &quot;Amazing Grace.&quot; He was an English sailor who worked in the Atlantic slave trade, first as a ship&#039;s mate buying captives on the coast of West Africa and then, from 1750 to 1754, as captain of three slaving voyages of his own. Ten years after he left the sea he was ordained in the Church of England, and while he was curate of Olney in Buckinghamshire he wrote the hymn, most likely for his New Year&#039;s Day\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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His own writings show when the former slave-ship captain turned against the trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-114315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-history"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":114529,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/slavery-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":114315,"position":0},"title":"Slavery in the Bible: What the Law Says and How Christians Read It","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0646\u0648\u0641\u0645\u0628\u0631 8, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Bible regulates slavery and never commands that it end as an institution. 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