Newton on the Christian Life
To Live Is Christ

A really excellent book, one of the best I’ve read in the last few years (maybe ever!). Particularly enjoyed chapters on ‘the daily discipline of joy in Jesus’, ‘the discipline of trials’ and ‘the goal of Bible reading’, although every chapter challenged my attitude towards what life as a follower o......more

I’ve been plunging into several William Cowper biographies lately, and I’m amazed at how bitterly many of his biographers hate John Newton. As I’ve read the perspectives of, say, Hugh l’Anson Fausset or David Cecil, I see transparently festering contempt for Newton. So, when I received this volume o......more

It's been a real joy to dip into this every morning for the past couple of months and reading in a 'devotional' style. To start with negatives: some chapters were markedly more dull than others (although none terrible), and despite Reinke clarifying at the start that it's not a biography, I do wish t......more

Really very much enjoyed, and found very helpful. Some real highlights: chapters on the discipline of trials, gospel simplicity, indwelling sin, Christ all-sufficient ("It is sufficient for us as present to know that we shall see Jesus"), and all the places we got a big chunk of Newton's text in the......more

This book was wonderfully edifying. It was water to my soul. Off to buy the works of John Newton. How can I distill this book? Perhaps like this: Dear Christian, let the daily pursuit of your life be constantly gazing upon the all-sufficiency of Christ. In Him there is everlasting joy, the end of sin......more