The Story of True Amazing Grace

What I love about this film is how it celebrates and honors true Evangelical Christian heroes. These “saints,” as they were nicknamed, were radical men of strong faith, yet they were not humiliated or portrayed as villainous freaks, as is so often the case in major motion pictures of today.When Wilberforce rises to sing “Amazing Grace” in a gentleman’s club, he makes a bold proclamation: “This is who I am, and this is what I stand for.” As he commands the attention of his peers, he commands the respect of viewers. This man is a true Christian, a real human being, doing what is right and what is good.

Viewers are inspired not to quit in the face of failure. As Newton declares to Wilberforce, “God sometimes does his work with a gentle drizzle.” Newton is another hero of faith beautifully portrayed in this film. Years after his repentance from involvement in slavery, he is tormented with the feeling of “blood still on my hands.” In one scene he admits he is not strong enough to hear his own confession. Years later as an old man, now physically blind, he states, “I once was blind, but now I see,” as he finally accepts God’s forgiveness for sins of slave trading. I appreciated that the film makers included this admission from Newton, a genuine man of God: “I’m a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.”

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