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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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29 July, 2018
All of us, men especially, share responsibility for confronting and changing the culture that enables men to feel entitled to rape, and Jesus leads us into the new culture that sets us all free.
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22 July, 2018
Our common access to God through Christ breaks down walls of hostility, but we need to resist the universal impulse to build new ones.
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15 July, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Ephesians, Mark
Glimpses of the transformed world that God makes possible transfix us and leave us hungering for more.
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8 July, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Failure, Faithfulness, Fear, Grace, Hospitality, Humility, Identity, judgement, Unity, Virtues
Scripture: 2 Corinthians, Mark
Pretending to be better than we are alienates us from God and one another. Being open and real about our weaknesses and failures open us to God and one another.
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3 June, 2018
Jesus calls us to move beyond hostile identity politics, whether shaped by Sabbath keeping or #Outrage, and to welcome a new culture of love, forgiveness and welcome.
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27 May, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
The doctrine of the Trinity helps us to see that, though exalted and transcendent, God is nevertheless close and personally involved with us.
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13 May, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Faithfulness, Jesus, peace, Reconciliation, Worship
Scripture: John
Jesus’s priestly identity and mission have been passed on to us and are to be seen in our prayer and our lives.
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6 May, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Authority, Grace, Hospitality, Jesus, Reconciliation
Rather than close the book on who can and cannot be accepted into the church, the Bible calls us to follow Jesus on a path of continually expanding inclusion.
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22 April, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Church, Grace, Jesus, Love, Reconciliation
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, John
In his own demonstration of self-sacrificial love, Jesus has shown us what God is like and called us to love God and one another by loving likewise.
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15 April, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Death, Forgiveness, Fullness of Life, Jesus, Love, Resurrection
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, Acts, Luke
By lifting us out our enthralment to evil and death, Jesus sets us free from all that corrupts us and opens us to share real life with him.
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8 April, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Forgiveness, Grace, Jesus, Love, Resurrection, Salvation
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, John
When we expected to be shamed as we have shamed others, we are shocked and saved by the unexpected mercy of the crucified and risen Jesus.
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31 March, 2018
There is no neat finish to the Jesus story, because it is far from over. The risen Jesus is always ahead of us, calling us to follow and live the next chapter.
