Reading this week....

I've hundreds of books in my library. I'm running out of time to read them, so I'm going to try to read a book a week. This is my first effort. I'm also listening to Vivaldi's Four Seasons - I've a ton of CDs!



I've had this book for decades (since seminary - almost 30 years ago).

Here is the opening statement of the introduction:

"In the first half of the 18th century, England was in a state of religious and moral decay. For many years the land had been sinking into darkness and paganism. Intemperance and immorality, crime and cruelty were increasingly becoming the characteristics of the age. The National Church was in such a dead condition that instead of being salt, preserving the nation from corruption, she was only adding to the immorality by weakening the restraints which Christianity imposed on the lusts of men. The teaching from the pulpit consisted of natural theology and cold morality, which were utterly impotent to awaken the Church or to stem the flood of iniquity. If the nation was to be saved, the Church would first have to be revived."

Sound familiar??????

"Letters of John Newton" 1960 edition Banner of Truth Trust price 2/6d...25cents