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  • John Newton

    Contributing sermons since Mar 26, 2017
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About John
  • Education: B.Sc., M.A., Dip.MIn.
  • Experience: 42 years of pastoral ministry
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  • It’s A Battleground Out There

    Contributed on Nov 13, 2025
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    Paul lists the armour that God has given us to fight our spiritual battles

    We preachers are always looking for good illustrations for our sermons. I went online recently and it took me hardly a second before I was confronted by a whole boatload of collections of sermon illustrations. They came with titles like The Preacher’s Sourcebook of Creative Sermon Illustrations, ...read more

  • A Field, A Faith, And A Future

    Contributed on Sep 29, 2025
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    What was Jeremiah thinking when he purchased that field?

    I wonder if any of you have ever spent money on something and later regretted doing it. I know I have on more than one occasion. And I suspect I’m not the only one here this morning who’s guilty of it. We call them impulse purchases. And just for fun, I thought I’d share a few examples that I came ...read more

  • Paul’s Vision For The Church

    Contributed on Sep 1, 2025
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    Paul shares his vision for the church with the believers in Ephesus

    Many years ago (I’m embarrassed to admit how many!) a wise friend passed on to me a little book entitled The Gospel Blimp. Maybe some of you are old enough to have heard of it. Perhaps some have even read it! The story opens with a group of friends from church gathered for a barbecue in the back ...read more

  • "She Lay At His Feet”

    Contributed on Jun 13, 2025
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    What did it mean for Ruth to place herself at Boaz’s feet? What does it mean for us today?

    When you think of a romance story what comes to your mind? For the more literary types among us it might be Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet or Charlotte Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. For others of us perhaps it could be something more like one of the many dozens of novels of Danielle Steele. Or if you ...read more

  • "Your King Is Coming”

    Contributed on May 4, 2025
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    As he rides into Jerusalem, Jesus is greeted by a crowd of admirers waving palm branches

    The ancient world out of which our Scriptures arose was a succession of mighty empires that swept across the Middle East. There had been the Egyptian Empire (1560-1069 BC), followed by the Assyrian Empire (1300-612 BC), after which came the Persian Empire (550-330 BC). But by far the greatest of ...read more

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