I recently listened to the audiobook, Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce, by John Piper, read by Wayne Shepherd. It is a brief overview of William Wilberforce's life and passion to end slavery in the late ...
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Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce
January 1, 2010 by
Oppression, Justice and Abolition
December 15, 2009 by
In his book Not For Sale, David Batstone writes the following:
The book of Ecclesiastes is one of the extraordinary pieces of ancient wisdom literature. The author beautifully expressed the desperation of the powerless: “I ...
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Just Courage
December 11, 2009 by
Just Courage is another inspiring book by Gary Haugen, president of International Justice Mission. He states, "Nothing presents a more compelling and authentic witness of Christian faith in this era than the struggle for ...
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Terrify No More
December 7, 2009 by
Terrify No More, by IJM founder and president, Gary Haugen with Gregg Hunter is the compelling true account of IJM's courageous and heroic undercover rescue of young girls held as slaves in a brothel in Cambodia. I am not ...
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Not For Sale
December 1, 2009 by
After reading about William Wilberforce, I became aware of the book, Not For Sale, by David Batstone. This book deals with modern-day slavery, or as the subtitle puts it, The Return of the Global Slave Trade - and How We Can ...
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William Wilberforce
November 29, 2009 by
Amazing Grace, by Eric Metaxas, is a wonderful book on the life of William Wilberforce, a man who spent most of his life working to overthrow the African slave trade and, ultimately, the practice of slavery in the British ...
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What? Really? Slavery Still Exists? So What Can I Do About It?
November 22, 2009 by
When I first found out that slavery is still going on today, I was shocked. I thought it ended over a hundred years ago. Then, when I started reading books about modern-day slavery, not only was I shocked, I was and still ...
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A Heart for Justice in the Fight for Justice
November 19, 2009 by
My hope for this blog is that it will be a tool to bring awareness to others of the injustice of modern-day slavery and human trafficking. I am not at all gifted at writing, so please bear with me, but I feel that I must be ...
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