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William Wilberforce. It’s a name most Americans have never heard. It’s a name that maybe millions now will come to know.

The new movie, “Amazing Grace”, is in theaters now and tells the story of Wilberforce’s long but eventually successful effort to end the British slave trade. It’s an inspiring story, one that reveals clearly Wilberforce’s great desire to serve God by serving mankind.

The movie’s title comes from the song that so many of us know and love. Wilberforce was influenced in his work by John Newton, the former slave trader who wrote the classic film.

This is a movie about story. It’s not about special effects and wild action.

More personally, it made me cry. I asked myself who are the vulnerable people of my time who need my involvement on their behalf.