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The story of "Amazing Grace"
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn January 1, 1773, in Olney, England, The Rev. John Newton, a slave trader-turned-abolitionist, gave a sermon about personal redemption. His words would...
75 Best Foot-tapping, Hand-raising Gospel Songs
Parade via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRooted in the rich tradition of African-American spirituals. Gospel music has evolved over time. The genre's earliest beginnings are found in the music...
Keep the Faith: Giving thanks
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 years ago1 Thessalonians 5:18 says, “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” Thanksgiving is a time when we...
'We stand here as free people': Monument unveiling honors the enslaved in county's past
The Daily News Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoRutherford County honored the enslaved Saturday by unveiling a monument on the Civil-War era County...
Janie Slaven: LIVING ON PURPOSE: God is not only watching, He intervenes
The Times-Tribune, Corbin, Ky. via Yahoo News· 6 months agoNov. 19—Late one stormy London night in 1763, a man filled with despair was determined to end his life. He hired a driver to take him to the river and was convinced that if he could only cast ...
Church of England sheds light on 'shameful' slave trade ties
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThree centuries ago, an enslaved person in Virginia wrote to a leader of the Church of England,...
Letters: My Christian culture helped encourage me to crush others
The Holland Sentinel via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMy Christian culture helped encourage me to crush others A lot of years ago, I knew a boy who took...
Telegraph readers’ favourite hymn: you decide
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAs if there wasn’t already enough to love about Lord Lisvane, with his quirky eyebrows and his plummy tones, now we discover that he has delightfully...
The Savannah-Sierra Leone Sankofa Connection: Going Back to ‘Fetch It’
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Sankofa Bird is a mythical African bird that is pictured facing forward with its head turned...
