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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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17 July, 2005
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Church, Discernment, Grace, judgement, Mercy, Temptation
Scripture: Matthew
The Church will always contain more than its fair share of maliciousness, pettiness and nastiness, but the temptation to try to weed it out is a temptation to abandon the way of Christ and make things worse.
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3 July, 2005
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Commitment, Faithfulness, Salvation, Sin
The power of sin over us will not be broken by trying harder, but by pursuing Christ and Christ alone.
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29 May, 2005
In the face of human evil, God has made a personal commitment to persevere in loving us and drawing us towards fulfilment.
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1 May, 2005
There is no hell where the love of God in Christ cannot reach us.
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24 April, 2005
The way to enter the life of God is found in Jesus, in relationship with the incarnate life of God.
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10 April, 2005
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Forgiveness, Hospitality, Mission, Repentance
The decision to repent and accept Christ’s gift of forgiveness and life involves a life change which includes a new willingness to honour and serve Christ in the stranger.
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26 March, 2005
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Hope, Resurrection
When hopes have been extinguished and all is despair, God comes back.
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27 February, 2005
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Evil, Fullness of Life, Love, Spiritual Disciplines, Suffering, Temptation
Our struggles against evil, temptation and suffering are all framed by the security of God’s unshakable love and resolve to bring us safely to fullness of life.
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20 February, 2005
Being born of water and Spirit involves becoming as vulnerable and dependent on God as a newborn baby is on its parents.
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6 January, 2005
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Grief, Incarnation, Repentance, Suffering
The revelation of what God is on about in Christ will always upend our expectations and disrupt our lives.
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2 January, 2005
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Christmas, Grief, Incarnation, Suffering
In the face of monumental devastation and suffering, God speaks a word, and the word becomes flesh.
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24 December, 2004
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Christmas
A modern paraphrase of a homily for the Feast of the Nativity by Ephraim the Syrian (306-373CE) taken from his second Christmas hymn.
