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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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2 April, 2006
God will do great things with us, but will not impose them on us, so we have to relinquish control before God brings about the growth we crave.
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5 March, 2006
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Grace, Jesus, Lent, Temptation, Violence
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Genesis, Mark
Violence must be a constant temptation for God, but in absolute love, God has vowed never to resort to it.
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26 February, 2006
In Jesus, God is calling us to see and hear a gospel that takes us beyond rule making and sacred violence.
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19 February, 2006
God’s new culture of forgiveness is entered by faith, and sometimes it is even vicarious faith.
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12 February, 2006
The gospel calls us on a road to healing and wholeness, but its steps are so deceptively simple (which doesn’t mean easy) that we often don’t take them seriously and so don’t do them.
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29 January, 2006
When we know ourselves as known by God, the demonic power of violent naming is broken and new life dawns.
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15 January, 2006
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Identity, Jesus, Politics, Repentance, Temptation
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 Corinthians, John, Psalms
In the encounter with Jesus, our self-delusion and our scapegoating are painfully exposed, but with the possibility of forgiveness and freedom.
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1 January, 2006
After the big event of Christmas, it is faithfulness in our everyday living that produces growth and godliness.
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16 October, 2005
God longs to bless us in the land we have been given, but if we fail to live in faithfulness to the welcoming God, we will destroy ourselves and alienate ourselves from God’s blessing.
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11 September, 2005
God will open the way through the world’s chaos, and it will be grounded on extravagant mercy.
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31 July, 2005
God will wound us if necessary to bring us into the full blessing intended for us.
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24 July, 2005
Perhaps when law and order perpetuate injustice, God is on the side of the scammers and swindlers.