Released in the UK January 2016
Released in the US March 2016
Trade paperback | 224 Pages
9781781917152 • £8.99 $14.99
BISAC – BIO018000
George Whitefield, regarded as the preaching wonder of his day, and John Newton, one of the leading spiritual guides of the movement that Whitefield had a significant hand in creating, Evangelicalism, are perennially interesting figures.
These lives, intertwined as this study of a portion of those lives reveals, speak across the centuries to our day. These two marvelous characters have much to teach contemporary Christians. A great read for both the professional historian and the thoughtful Christian.
Grant Gordon
Grant Gordon, who resides in Ontario, Canada, is a respected specialist in 18th-century evangelical church history, especially in the UK and editor of Wise Counsel: John Newton?s Letters to John Ryland Jr.
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... an invaluable contribution to new understanding of the shared theology and history of these two great servants of the Lord. I could not recommend it more.
Jonathan Aitken
Former Politician and well-respected biographer
Reading of the interaction between these two men of such significant influence, when our church today so badly neds a similar evangelical revival, is likely to be 'a great blessing' to you!
Marylynn Rouse
Director, John Newton Project
George Whitefield and John Newton were two of the titans of eighteenth-century British evangelicalism. But for too long, the precise nature of their mutual influence has remained unclear. Grant Gordon's much-needed book rectifies that problem with its treasure trove of illuminating research.
Thomas S. Kidd
Distinguished Professor of History, Baylor University, and author of George Whitefield: America?s Spiritual Founding Father
Grant Gordon has written a full and careful study of their relations which reveals something of the calibre of the two men as devoted Christian leaders.
David Bebbington
Professor of History, University of Stirling, Stirling