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Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
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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 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.
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18 March, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conversion, Discipleship, Failure, Faithfulness, Grace, Grief, Hope
The life that Jesus calls us too will not be found and enjoyed until we give up trying to engineer the life we dreamed we were supposed to be living.
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25 February, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
God has promised the whole world to all God’s children, but not exclusive rights to some bits of it to some people.
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18 February, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Culture, Discipleship, Evil, Faithfulness, Lent, Temptation
Scripture: Mark
Jesus resisted the temptation to force his will on the world, and he pioneered a pathway for us to similarly refuse the exploitation of power.
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11 February, 2018
When Jesus heals, he is not seeking to minister solely to the individual, but to heal a sick culture, and the culture we live in needs his healing.
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4 February, 2018
Jesus demonstrates the need to reflect on our results and reject the easy success and popularity that are built on meeting basic needs.
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21 January, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conversion, Culture, Discipleship, Hospitality, Politics, Virtues
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Mark
The culture of God is emerging in our present world, confronting us with a choice – do we cling to our allegiance to the cultures that have raised us or let go of them and embrace the culture of God.
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14 January, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discernment, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Law, Virtues
Scripture: 1 Corinthians
Our freedom in Christ renders the law irrelevant as a factor in our relationship with God, but we are set free to grow into union with Christ, not to fall into new slaveries.
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7 January, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Baptism, Grace, Holy Spirit, Jesus
Our longing for God is met in the Holy Spirit who opens heaven to us and makes all things new.
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31 December, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Christmas, Faithfulness, Hope, Law, Love
Jesus was born to reveal and fulfil what God had long sought to do; set people free to live joyously as God’s children.
