A Warning to All Teachers - Fact Check! [Errata]

I made another mistake... I'm sure it won't be my last!

As I was preparing my message on John 9, I specifically intended to avoid mentioning the hymn line "was blind but now I see." Of course, I was in the thick of the message and the gravity of the idea drew me right in...

So, I quoted the hymn 'Amazing Grace', told the story of the famous hymn writer Isaac Watts, who wrote 700 hymns, and just celebrated his 335 birthday. I told about how he'd been the captain of a slave ship... and so on... but there's only one problem: John Newton wrote that hymn.

So here's the lesson: Check your facts, avoid convenient illustrations (especially if you intend to avoid them in the first place), and if you are going to read 'tweets', make sure you really read them (I figured out where I went awry!), so you won't say Isaac Watts turned 700 and attribute the wrong hymns to him.

Thanks for those who encourage me to study by pointing out my obvious errors. You help me in ways you cannot imagine!