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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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28 October, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Suffering raises painful unanswerable questions, but Jesus leads us into a life where the sharing of our honest questions is part of shaping a community of healing and hope.
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21 October, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faithfulness, Fullness of Life, Humility, Jesus
Scripture: Mark
There is nothing wrong with an eager desire for a special closeness to Jesus. Jesus is eager to fulfil such desires, but warns us of the cost of sticking with him.
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14 October, 2018
When God is seeking to communicate with us, we usually need the prayerful support of others to help ensure that we remain open to hearing what God is calling us to.
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7 October, 2018
When we want to know what God is like, our primary source of information is Jesus.
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30 September, 2018
Sickness and sin are similar and related disorders from which Jesus comes to to heal and save us.
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23 September, 2018
Children are a sign of the Kingdom, and our capacity to welcome them is a measure of our capacity to welcome the culture of God.
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16 September, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faithfulness, Fullness of Life, Identity, Jesus, Repentance
When we commit ourselves to following Jesus, we surrender all our personal aspirations and our share in the aspirations of our nation, in order that we might receive the life of Christ.
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9 September, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Children, Hospitality, Jesus, Love, Reconciliation
Scripture: Mark
Jesus opens himself to the experience of those who are excluded and responds with a radical opening of the Table of God’s communion.
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2 September, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abundance, Fullness of Life, Gifts, Gratitude, Incarnation, Love, sex
Scripture: James, Mark, Song of Songs
Sexual Intimacy is an exquisitely beautiful gift from God, but attempts to control and repress it frequently distort it into a hypocritical and malevolent force.
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19 August, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Communion, Culture, Evil, Forgiveness, Jesus, Martyrdom, Reconciliation, Sacrifice, Salvation
Scripture: John
Jesus confronts us with our cannibalistic behaviour in order that we might follow him into a saving communion with God and one another.
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12 August, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Jesus calls us to choose between the old bread of hostility and death and the new bread of compassion and life.
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5 August, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conversion, Forgiveness, Grace, Humility, judgement, Repentance, Sin
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel
We are often blind to our own entanglement in evil, but when our eyes are opened, we are called into pathways of repentance and transformation that lead to life and healing.
