Mr to the lovely @mrsdwaters. Dad to 4 wonderful boys. Producer on @bbcsop for BBC 1. Local Preacher. Occasional broadcaster. Amazed by grace.
Jan 1, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Privileged to preach this morning.
Exactly 250 yrs ago, in Olney, Bucks, someone else did the same. His name was John Newton. He’d also written a hymn to go with his New Year’s sermon. He called it “Faith’s Review and Expectation” - we know it better as #AmazingGrace …a thread
The hymn didn’t make much of an impact. Didn’t even make Newton’s top 60! Then it emerged in America in the 1830s with the tune we know today. 2/9
