A special thanks to Wikipedia.org for following historical information. The sermons I have chosen from Sermonaudio.com
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
1773 – The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17, Faith's Review and Expectation", is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.[24]
You may recognize John Newton as the author of that wonderful hymn Amazing Grace. It has been claimed that You Tube has recordings of Amazing Grace in over 50 Languages (source). Here are just a few: Spanish, German, Cherokee, French, Korean, Swedish, Russian, Japanese, Arabic, Lumbee, Chinese and Tagalog.
Dr. J. I. Packer had to say about Amazing Grace: "Yet we in our day, much as we love to sing Amazing Grace (I suppose because we like the tune), are not inwardly amazed by grace as the Puritans were; it does not startle us that the holy Creator should receive sinners into his company; rather, we take it for granted! 'God will forgive. That's his job!' was the final scoff with which the French cynic went to meet his Maker."
A lesser know hymn written by John Newton is Day of Judgment, Day of Wonders. To learn more about John Newton, check out these 2 sermons by Rev. Lee Sterritt:
Amazing Grace in the Life of John Newton, Part 1
Amazing Grace in the Life of John Newton, Part 2
1983 – The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.[85]
Recommended sermons and podcasts: Knowledge Increasing, by Pastor Brian Butler
