John Newton
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• A fresh, new voice in the Episcopal Church addresses traditionally un-Episcopal questions that Episcopalians (and Christians in general) are asking today
• An emergent, yet Anglican and orthodox, perspective on Biblical theology, grounded in today's context of human behavior
• Includes questions for reflection and study by individuals and groups
New Clothes speaks to two very specific challenges we face at this unique time in the life of...
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• A focus on the Christian spiritual life from the perspective of grace, not works.
• Popular new and emerging author.
• Study guide included for personal or small group reflection.
Jesus was quite clear that we must lose our life before we find it. This book gives a hopeful and realistic look at what losing our life entails, articulating how "growth" in the Christian life is not our ascent to God but the process by which our eyes are opened...
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• Stories of Jesus that speak to the grace of God
• Builds upon the Jesus Movement and evangelism initiatives in the Episcopal Church
Its momentum building, the "Jesus Movement" is unfolding, with Episcopalians longing to embody our branch of the movement in the world. John Newton's contribution is this look at God's reckless love. His aim is not for the head, but for the heart, to connect people with their passion and love for Jesus Christ,...
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John Newton is now best remembered as an Anglican clergyman and the author of the hymn Amazing Grace. For the first thirty years of his life, however, he was engrossed in the slave trade. His father planned for him to take up a position as slave master on a West Indies plantation but he was instead pressed into the Royal Navy where, after attempting to desert, he was captured and flogged round the fleet. After this humiliation he was placed in service...
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Second Lieutenant Sam, USMC, traces his thirteen month tour in dreams and flashbacks trying to define the young man who left on a January Viet Nam bound air plane, and in so doing realizes that that young man never returned. The lights that once danced in his eyes are out. Home,the memory of which he clung to throughout his tour has turned out to be a frightening place full of booby traps that if he is not careful will bring his fragile world crashing...
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A drunken poet obliged to choose between Art and Love. What could possibly go wrong?
Rock Oyster Island. It's a slack kind of place, but that's the way the locals like it: lifestyle farmers, pensioned-off bikers, seekers and healers, meth cooks and fishing guides. It's only a ferry ride to the city but the modern world feels blessedly remote. Working hard is not greatly valued. Mild Pacific sunshine pours down unfailingly.
When Arthur Bardruin,...
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“Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me.” So begins one of the most beloved hymns of all time. This is the autobiography of the man who penned those words. John Newton, the self-proclaimed “wretch,” was an active slave trader for several years until, on a homeward voyage through a violent storm, he experienced what he was later to refer to as his “great deliverance.” He tells of the dramatic, real-life events that...
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Important goals of mankind, such as eliminating injustice and attaining a higher quality of life, are achievable. To achieve them, however, requires a will and a way. God provides the will.
The focus of A Pen Named Man: Our Destiny is to illustrate the way. The route to social fulfillment is through the establishment of universal institutions designed to enable man to serve as God's representative on Earth and automatically satisfy his purpose in...
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We achieve immortality by living. Every minute of our lives, every thought of our minds, and each action we perform no matter how insignificant are recorded immemorial. We are living entities and the story of our lives can never be taken away. The most significant feature of this book is how it captures our innermost sensitivity to life.
A Pen Named Man: Our Purpose appeals to anyone who has ever wondered about his or her purpose in life. This book...
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This is the story of a young frontiersman and Lakota maiden who marry and establish a trading post in the northwest region of the Louisiana Territory during the mid-1800s. It's about dealing with their very real feelings of love and hate, strength and fear, joy and sadness as they face numerous challenges in bridging the gap between two seemingly incompatible cultures. It's a story about fulfilling a dream and the perseverance it takes to accomplish...
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The Addison Collection provides thoughts and observations designed to encourage us to think about philosophical, social, and political issues of interest.
"It's a Buck" describes a teenage boy's thoughts and feeling while experiencing the initial frustrations and then unexpected rewards of being a first-time, successful deer hunter. "Retreats of Stones and Mosses" is a short story about a population of tiny minnows that find and experience a temporary...