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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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26 March, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conversion, Forgiveness, Grace, Healing, Jesus, Reconciliation, Sin
Scripture: John
Jesus subverts our concepts of sin and offers to open our eyes and free us from it all.
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19 March, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abundance, Conversion, Faith, Forgiveness, Grace, Jesus, Love, Salvation
Our deepest thirst will never be satisfied by cautious morality and religious compliance, but it will be abundantly quenched when we drink deeply of the living water of joyous intimacy that Jesus pours out freely.
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5 March, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conversion, Discipleship, Humility, Lent, Temptation
Lent is a recurring reminder of the fragility of our discipleship in the face of tempting shortcuts and instant gratifications.
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26 February, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Church, Discernment, Evil, Failure, Faithfulness, Law
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Matthew
While the final judgement of each individual is rightly left to God, we are called to ensure that we are found to be loving, merciful and trustworthy by the world around us.
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19 February, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Jesus, Love, peace, Reconciliation
Scripture: Matthew
Although often dismissed as utopian nonsense, Jesus’s teachings about non-retaliation and love of enemies are the key to the salvation of the world.
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12 February, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Evil, Hope, Reconciliation, Sacrifice
Scripture: Matthew
We make a devilish mistake when we project the origins of hell onto God. Jesus calls us to follow him into a new way of life that will save us from plunging into the hells of our own making.
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5 February, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faithfulness, Law, Love
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Matthew
The world finds the message of Jesus almost incomprehensible because it seems too simplistic and unrealistic to be taken seriously.
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29 January, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Matthew, Micah
Jesus did not come to be the ultimate sacrifice that would appease God, but to show us, once and for all, that God does not want sacrifices at all, but lives of love, mercy and compassion.
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1 January, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
In the violence and suffering that surround the Christmas story, we find the revelation of a God who does not inflict violence and suffering, but suffers violence to bring love and peace.
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24 December, 2016
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Christmas, Incarnation, Jesus, peace, Reconciliation
Jesus is the Word – what God has to say – who reveals true humanity and illuminates our path to becoming fully and truly human.
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18 December, 2016
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Christmas, Discipleship, Faithfulness, Incarnation, Jesus
Scripture: Matthew
In Joseph we see an impressive example of someone with the integrity and courage to embrace God’s new directions despite considerable personal cost.
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11 December, 2016
Jesus Christ is the coming one who will fulfill the hopes and yearnings of the world, but we will imperil our faith and hope if we keep trying to set the agendas for him.
