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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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4 December, 2016
God’s visions of the future are often dismissed as unrealistic because our limited vision causes us to expect only more of the same.
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27 November, 2016
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Discipleship, Faithfulness, Hope, Salvation
Scripture: Luke
Floods of hostility and violence sweep people away, but we are called to prepare ourselves to stand firm with Jesus, and be left behind as those who will not succumb to the angry flood.
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13 November, 2016
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Anger, Apocalypse, Discipleship, Faithfulness, Grief, Salvation
Scripture: Luke
Events of global chaos probably aren’t signs of God’s next big move, but we need to take seriously the call to live faithfully and courageously in the midst of them.
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6 November, 2016
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Luke
Being truly alive is a gift so extravagantly rich and wonderful that it can’t even be meaningfully contrasted with simply not being dead.
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1 November, 2016
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Faithfulness, Gifts, Gratitude, Worship
God’s self-giving is to all of humanity, all of the time, and we are called to lift our eyes beyond our immediate concerns and stand in solidarity with the faithful who have gone before us.
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30 October, 2016
Before your past catches up with you, Jesus will try to blindside you with scandalous grace.
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23 October, 2016
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Luke
A healthy self-esteem is not one that thinks itself better than others, but one that, in solidarity with others, accepts the merciful gift of life and love that Jesus offers us.
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9 October, 2016
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discernment, Discipleship, Faithfulness, Gratitude
Scripture: Jeremiah
Living in hope-fuelled anticipation of God’s promised future does not mean withdrawing from the life of the world around us.
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2 October, 2016
Honestly owning the rage that sometimes consumes us is an important part of maintaining our resistance to all that stands in the way of a Jesus-shaped life.
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25 September, 2016
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Grace, Jesus, Temptation
Scripture: 1 & 2 Timothy, Jeremiah, Luke
Jesus offers us vision of the future which sharply differs from that offered by modern economics, and we need to intentionally nourish that vision.
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18 September, 2016
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Forgiveness, Grace, Hospitality
Scripture: 1 & 2 Timothy, Jeremiah, Luke
God longs to welcome and bless us far more than we deserve, but if we don’t contribute to a culture of extravagant grace, we are unlikely to be able to receive it.
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4 September, 2016
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faithfulness, Jesus, Love, Reconciliation
The culture of God is so radical in its loving embrace of everyone that mainstream society will see it as a dangerous rejection of all it holds dear.
