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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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1 February, 2004
God consistently favours love and acceptance over purity, so when we are not sure, it is better to take a risk on love and acceptance.
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6 January, 2004
It is always a shock to realise just who Jesus is and what he’s on about.
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24 December, 2003
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Christmas
A modern paraphrase of the Nativity Sermon of St John Chrysostom, first Preached in Antioch in 386AD
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7 December, 2003
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Baptism, Fullness of Life, Hope, Salvation
Scripture: Luke, Malachi, Philippians
In baptism, we have passed from the preoccupations of the present to the a life shaped by God’s future, and though the completion of that transformation may be painful, it is nevertheless the fulfilling of our deepest longings.
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2 November, 2003
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Ethics, Jesus, Love, Relationships, Ritual
Religious ritual and ethical living are both bound up together in the journey of following Jesus into the Realm of God.
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28 September, 2003
Christ is sacramentally present to heal and forgive when his people are open, honest and vulnerable with one another in seeking healing for their sickness and suffering.
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3 August, 2003
Making the Church in the incarnate body of Christ is costly for God, and both challenging and salvific for us.
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20 July, 2003
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Ephesians, Mark
The answers to the questions about our future directions are not easy, but we can trust the God who holds our future in his hands.
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25 May, 2003
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Grace, Hospitality, Love, Resurrection
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, Acts, John
The resurrection has broken open many old certainties, and our ethics must now be grounded in the new things God is doing, characterised by radically inclusive love, rather than in the old restrictions.
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11 May, 2003
The message that salvation is exclusively in the hands of the risen Christ may be unfashionable, but it is the only message of salvation we have to offer.
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4 May, 2003
The experience of resurrection results in joy and mission.
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27 April, 2003
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Evil, Forgiveness, Grace, Healing, Jesus, Resurrection, Suffering
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, John
As the victim of the ultimate in human evil, the risen Christ is the One who can offer the complete forgiveness, to us, and through us to the rest of the world.