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Topic: scapegoating
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25 October, 2026
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Community, greatest commandment, Leadership, legacy, Moses, political violence, retirement, scapegoating
Scripture: 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Deuteronomy, Matthew
Moses dies in sight of the promised land, leaving no grave to venerate. What legacy matters when leaders step aside: a shrine, or a community that loves?
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2 August, 2026
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: antisemitism, grief and lament, Israel and Palestine, scapegoating, supersessionism, Yoorrook Justice Commission
Scripture: Romans
Paul grieves for Israel rather than standing apart in judgement – and asks what it would cost us to stop pointing the finger only outward.
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5 July, 2026
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Being “inclusive” doesn’t end the old habit of exclusion – it just relocates it. Jesus offers a different yoke instead.
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28 June, 2026
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abraham and Isaac, child sacrifice, fear and religion, law and grace, populism, scapegoating, slavery metaphor
Scripture: Genesis
Fear-driven religion and fear-driven politics run on the same engine. Paul knew it. Abraham discovered it. Grace is the only thing that breaks the cycle.
