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Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
At Open Icon Baptist Church, we value great preaching — preaching that engages deeply, humbly and honestly with Jesus, the Bible, and the pain and joy of living in the real world. And since going permanently online, we have been able to welcome great preachers from all over the world without having to wait for them to visit our shores. Click here to meet the inspirational preachers depicted in the gallery above, none of whom have preached for us!
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Pastor
Nathan Nettleton
Nathan Nettleton has served as pastor of this congregation since 1994. He was ordained as a Baptist pastor that same year and completed an honours degree in theology at Whitley College in 1995, followed by a Master of Theology in Liturgical Studies from the University of Divinity in 2001. In our church, he carries particular responsibilities for the preaching, teaching, and ordering of worship and prayer, and for pastoral care. He also writes liturgical resources for a global audience through LaughingBird.net, and serves as a board member of Open Baptists. Nathan is married to Margie, and they have an adult daughter, Acacia, and two dogs.
Sermons by Nathan Nettleton
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15 September, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Conversion, Creation, Politics, Salvation
The threat of extreme climate change can only be averted with a major spiritual transformation, and Jesus shows the way.
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1 September, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Culture, Discipleship, Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Jesus
Faithfulness to God means sticking to the ways in which Jesus has led us, but we are constantly tempted to idolise his name while avoiding his ways.
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18 August, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faith, Faithfulness, Hope, Hospitality
Lived faith is the way to life in God, but it passes through a baptism of fire.
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30 June, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Anger, Apocalypse, Grace, Hospitality, Jesus, Reconciliation, Repentance
The instinct to call down fire on those we perceive as God’s enemies is a “fruit of the flesh” that must be supplanted by the fruits of love.
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16 June, 2019
The God revealed to us in Jesus and experienced through the Holy Spirit is so dynamic and multi-facetted that we may find it hard to believe that we are always dealing with the one God.
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9 June, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Gifts, Holy Spirit, Hospitality, Love, Reconciliation, Resurrection
The new humanity formed in the death and resurrection of Jesus speaks a language of love and compassion that transcends linguistic and cultural differences and celebrates unity in diversity.
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2 June, 2019
Whenever we are invested in the status quo, we are at risk of being caught up in seeing the liberation that Jesus brings as a threat to be opposed.
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26 May, 2019
Following the living Jesus is the pathway to healing, integrity and life, and sometimes it comes into conflict with “following the Bible”.
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19 May, 2019
Outrageous love is the most obvious characteristic of Jesus, and therefore it is the one thing that will make us recognisable as his followers.
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5 May, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conversion, Discipleship, Faith, Forgiveness, Jesus
Conversion to the way of Jesus is not just a matter of belief, but requires a serious reckoning with our past complicity with attacks on his way.
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28 April, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Grace, Jesus, judgement
When we crusade against the evil of others, we end up crusading against Jesus himself, for he asks us to become givers and lovers of life.
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20 April, 2019
We have been drawn into an unstoppable rumour that keeps interrupting the dominant story of fear, hostility and death.
