Wilberforce-The Movie

Welcome to Every Thought Captive, I’m Phil Steiger.

In February of 2007, Walden media will release a film titled, “Amazing Grace.” It is the story of William Wilberforce and the British abolition movement. In case you did not know, a large part of why England abolished the slave trade in the early nineteenth century is the work of Wilberforce and his colleagues in Parliament.

Still referred to as the “Renewer of Society” in England, Wilberforce was a deeply committed Christian and a tireless voice in his chosen profession—politics—for the cause of abolition. He is one of the more recent examples of a follower of Christ who was so overcome with his Savior and do driven by his grasp of theology and morality that he literally changed the world. I often wonder where the next Wilberforce is, and what they will change. The answer to that question begins with how gripped we are by Christ and how motivated we are by our doctrine and God’s ethical requirements.

This has been Every Thought Captive, a Christian worldview minute sponsored by Quail Lake Community Church. For more information, please visit quaillake.org.