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Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
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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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18 March, 2007
God’s grace is lavished on all who will receive it, but some of those who have every right to it refuse to receive it unless they are singled out.
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25 February, 2007
The Catechumenate, and the annual Lenten journey, are about writing the Word of God into our hearts so that it can protect us from evil and bear fruits of righteousness.
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4 February, 2007
The encounter with the resurrected crucified Jesus enables us to see the absolute love, mercy and non-vengefulness of God.
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14 January, 2007
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Commitment, Conversion, Formation, Jesus
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, John
Recognising Jesus as Lord requires such a reversal of conventional values that it cannot but dangerously transform us.
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31 December, 2006
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Commitment, Identity, Jesus, Spirituality
Scripture: Colossians, Luke
With Jesus as our pattern, we find a new identity in our uncompromising allegiance to God’s ways.
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26 November, 2006
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Commitment, Discipleship, Empire, Jesus, Politics, Power
Scripture: John
To name Christ as King is to identify ourselves as dissenters to the claims of any other authority.
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15 October, 2006
The impossible love and grace of God invite us to participate in the life of God despite our circumstances, but we often get stuck in trying to find meaning in the circumstances.
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8 October, 2006
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Commitment, Conversion, Discipleship, Grace, Jesus, Weakness
God offers to make us his children, a position that may not appeal to our autonomous ambitions, but which offers honour and security.
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17 September, 2006
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Commitment, Crucifixion, Discipleship, Jesus, Violence
Scripture: Mark
Jesus leads the way in exposing and opposing violence, no matter what the cost, and life is found in following his lead.
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20 August, 2006
Jesus invites us to find our communion in the violence done to him instead of in doing violence to others.
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6 August, 2006
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Economics, Food, Forgiveness, Fullness of Life, Liberation
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, John
Jesus becomes a victim of our systems of feeding on one another in order to forgive us, set us free, and nourish us for life.
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23 July, 2006
When we recognise Christ’s presence in the Eucharistic liturgy, we will bring the sick in search of healing.