Movie Amazing Grace Opening in Theaters This Friday

This Friday the movie Amazing Grace will be released in theaters. I am very excited about this movie as this is a story that has not yet received the attention that it deserves.

Amazing Grace written by Stephen Knight and directed by Michael Apted (also directed Coal Miner's Daughter) is a story of the life of abolitionist William Wilberforce. Unbenounced to many Americans, Wilberforce is credited as having begun the movement to abolish slavery decades before the American Civil War began. Wilberforce was the son of a wealthy businessmen who later chose a career in politics instead of continuing in the family business. While serving as a Member of Parliament, Wilberforce had a spiritual awakening, or some Christians would describe it as the "born again" experience.

Consequently, Wilberforce considered leaving politics to pursue full-time ministry, but decided against it as he believed he could truly be used by God in politics. Thus, Wilberforce chose to use his power to fight for humanity, and one of his biggest battles was that of the abolishment of slavery in the British Empire. Wilberforce and other abolitionists fought passionately against slavery standing upon their belief and conviction that the bible is the inerrant Word of God. In particular, they frequently quoted two scriptures -

"And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings," (Acts 17:26), and "Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." (Genesis 1:26).