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Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
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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14 December, 2014
Preparing ourselves for the coming Lord is not a matter of rigorous rule keeping, but rules can help us learn the appropriate new way of being.
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30 November, 2014
Jesus calls us to courageously follow him through a world of apparently apocalyptic violence towards the advent of hope and peace.
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23 November, 2014
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Grace, Mercy, Reconciliation, Service, Violence
Scripture: Matthew
In our desire to see mercy and compassion expressed for the needy, we must beware of falling into desiring the exact opposite for those who have not shown mercy and compassion.
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9 November, 2014
Our readiness to welcome and celebrate Christ is integral to his becoming present and active among us.
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2 November, 2014
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Authority, Fullness of Life, Humility, Jesus, Leadership, Service
Scripture: Matthew
Jesus does not burden us with crippling moral expectations, but humbly takes our burdens on himself and frees us to relax into the life of God.
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1 November, 2014
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, Matthew, Revelation
As we gather with the saints of all times to worship the crucified victim, we are immersed in a culture that is so at odds with the values of this world that those who truly embrace it just appear odd for now, but strangely and alluringly familiar too.
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12 October, 2014
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
There are many stories in the Bible that can appear to portray God as involved in terrorist acts, but Jesus invites us to read them in new ways.
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5 October, 2014
The Ten Commandments are not about creating a system of law and punishment. They are a window into the stories and the lifestyle of the culture of God.
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21 September, 2014
God’s grace is so extravagant that it will offend us as long as we are measuring our worth in comparison to others.
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7 September, 2014
Christ is present to us in love, unity and reconciliation, and thus these are essential to our worship.
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10 August, 2014
Faith is a gift created in us as Jesus shows us that the pathway of courageous love and self-sacrifice is not impossible to walk.
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13 July, 2014
God does not judge people’s capacity to respond and focus love and care only on the productive, but gives gifts with wanton freedom and extravagance and calls us to do the same.