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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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6 July, 2014
Trying to establish our own righteousness burdens us with divisiveness and hostility, but Jesus offers us rest and freedom.
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29 June, 2014
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Grace, Law, Liberation, Reconciliation, Violence
God and religion misunderstood can be the cause of hostility, division and violence, but the God made known to us in Jesus is a God of grace who generously gives us life, freedom and reconciliation.
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15 June, 2014
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Understanding God as a relational trinity can guide us into the deep loving relationships with God and one another for which we were created.
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4 May, 2014
The crucified and risen Jesus teaches us to interpret the whole Bible through his eyes.
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23 March, 2014
God gives us the love we thirst for, even while we are still fighting against God, and in doing so, God sets the pattern for us to follow that will bring freedom to the world.
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16 March, 2014
Jesus calls us to entrust ourselves into the care of the Spirit who will carry us into the unknown future of God.
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2 March, 2014
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Exodus, Matthew
The stories of Moses, Elijah and Jesus on various mountain tops reveals a process of God’s self-revelation as the one who loves us and suffers for us.
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16 February, 2014
Jesus calls us to model ourselves on him to embrace a new pattern of full humanity rather than just constrain the worst excesses of an old failed humanity.
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9 February, 2014
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Bible, Discipleship, Formation, Righteousness
The righteousness give to us in Christ, and which we grow into in our following of him, fulfils and exceeds the trajectory set by the biblical law and prophets.
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2 February, 2014
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Ethics, Faithfulness, Virtues, Vocation, Weakness
Scripture: Matthew
Jesus honours, commends and models a set of attitudes, or stances toward the world, which can and will change the world, but embracing them is no small challenge.
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26 January, 2014
The “fishing for people” to which we are called is not about being pushy and manipulative marketers, but being open and generous in our sharing of the light that has brought us life and healing.
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19 January, 2014
Jesus is the “Lamb of God”, a sacrifice offered by God to appease and expose the sin of the world – the sacrificial monster of human blame-shifting and scapegoating.
