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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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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.
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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.