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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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14 July, 2013
God is always reaching out to those who we have cast off as nobodies, treating them as beloved somebodies, and calling us to follow in doing the same.
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30 June, 2013
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Galatians
Jesus has freed us to be all we were created to be and to live life to the full, not to indulge the impulses that will lead us straight back into captivity.
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23 June, 2013
Those who, in Christ, have been set free to love as Jesus loves will no longer have their relationships with God or one another bounded or understood by law.
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16 June, 2013
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Our identity as a community of Jesus’s followers is primarily expressed in love, gratitude and hospitality, not in compliance with a negative code of conduct.
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9 June, 2013
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Death, Resurrection, Spirituality, Suffering
Scripture: 1 & 2 Kings, Luke
God meets us in the midst of our worst nightmares, calling life out of death, but seldom in the ways we might most wish for.
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2 June, 2013
Being a follower of Jesus means honouring his authority by following his teachings and his example (something that has become surprisingly rare).
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26 May, 2013
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Creation, Jesus, Relationships, Trinity
When God is understood through the revelation of Jesus and his pattern of relating, then we discover ourselves invited into generous and gracious solidarity with all creation.
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12 May, 2013
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Fullness of Life, Liberation, Salvation, Suffering
Scripture: Acts
Salvation is about being set free to live life in all its fulness, even in the midst of conflict and suffering.
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5 May, 2013
The resurrection of Jesus has made it possible for everyone to live fully, now, but not everyone feels ready to live.
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28 April, 2013
The reputation that matters is a reputation for loving as Jesus loved and, like him, that will be seen as disreputable.
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17 March, 2013
Extravagant expressions of love are a sign of the culture of God, and Jesus models generous giving and receiving of them, regardless of the scandal they cause.
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24 February, 2013
Jesus leads us in the way of redemptive freedom before the violence of the world.