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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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20 October, 2013
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Bible, Formation, Jesus, Prayer, Spiritual Disciplines
Scripture: 1 & 2 Timothy
The Bible can be used to justify anything, but when it is approached humbly as a place of prayerful encounter with the risen Christ, it is alive with the breath of God and leads us to life.
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13 October, 2013
We can take our salvation and just return to normal life, but God calls us beyond normal into a wholeness that grows from praise, prayer and service.
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22 September, 2013
Forgiving the way Jesus does will always be seen as not just disreputable, but even dangerous and criminal.
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15 September, 2013
God sees us as trapped in the rubble of a collapsing world and is desperately seeking to find and rescue us before it is too late.
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8 September, 2013
Thanks be to God, we are in safe hands. God who has been the author, will also be the finisher of our faith.
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1 September, 2013
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
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25 August, 2013
God is all ready to heal and free us, but organised religion is not always so quick to agree.
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18 August, 2013
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Liberation, Salvation, Vocation
Full-blooded Christian discipleship may cost us some precious relationships and a lot of blood sweat and tears, but we will have plenty of new supporters and it all all be well worth it in the end.
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11 August, 2013
Believing and following Jesus is about faith because certainty is impossible and doubts are unavoidable.
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4 August, 2013
God has created us for relationships, and any values or priorities that are willing to sacrifice relationship for something else will cripple us.
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28 July, 2013
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Fullness of Life, Healing, Prayer, Spiritual Disciplines
Scripture: Luke
Answers to prayer are not a controllable formula, but we are called to pray as part of our participation in God’s quest to bring healing, wholeness and life to a world of chaos.
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21 July, 2013
When we follow Christ in being pain-bearers, we are participating in the reconciliation of the world.