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1. The Cornerstone

Matthew 21:33-46

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Phil Newton

When we think of modern day builders laying a corner stone, it is generally a small concrete box that contains current newspapers and other documents for future generations to break open and read about what took place during the era of construction. But not so during this period of time. The corner stone was the key to the rest of the structure. The appropriate stone in size and shape would be pla...

2. The Regenerating Work of the Spirit

John 3:1-21; Acts 2:1-41

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Phil Newton

John Tennant, a contemporary of Jonathan Edwards, and who died faithfully preaching the gospel when he was twenty-five, identified eleven evidences of the regenerating work of the Spirit. I will adapt these for our attention [edits in brackets]. The understanding is renewed…a light from on high shines into it, whereby its natural darkness is in some measure dissipated, so that it [has] new appreh...

3. Trouble of the Heart

John 14:1-4

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Phil Newton

Every believer faces trouble. It is part of life itself. As long as we are in this world, we will face trouble, saint and sinner alike. J.C. Ryle (Expository Thoughts on John's Gospel) calls the words of Christ in our text, "A precious remedy against an old disease." The disease, of course, is trouble. He goes on to describe it: That disease is trouble of heart. That remedy is faith. Heart troubl...

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1. The Cornerstone

Matthew 21:33-46

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Phil Newton

2. The Regenerating Work of the Spirit

John 3:1-21; Acts 2:1-41

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Phil Newton

3. Trouble of the Heart

John 14:1-4

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Phil Newton

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