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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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9 July, 2006
The church is formed when we ask Christ to rule over us and make a covenant with him to define the terms.
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25 June, 2006
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Doubt, Hope, Spiritual Disciplines, Weakness
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Mark
The Christian life is often lived against overwhelming odds, but the presence of Christ and some basic godly resources make it a good bet.
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18 June, 2006
The Kingdom of God grows like a weed – seemingly insignificant and unwanted – but it ends up with a place of refuge for everyone.
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11 June, 2006
The God who we encounter in such different ways is, nevertheless, the one God, and we are called to share in the life of this one God.
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21 May, 2006
Love is a gift which we invited to become at home in, receiving and enjoying it, not questioning, measuring and regulating it.
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30 April, 2006
The risen Christ confronts us with both the gruesome consequences of our violence and the terrifying shock of grace.
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15 April, 2006
The death of Christ strips us bare, but in his resurrection we are clothed in Christ and become participants in his resurrection life.
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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.