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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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24 December, 2002
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Christmas
A modern paraphrase of a homily for the Feast of the Nativity by St Leo the Great.
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1 December, 2002
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Faithfulness, Gifts, Hope, Worship
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Isaiah, Mark
The Advent season is a gift that illumines our present with light from our promised goal, to shape us as a people of patient and vigilant faithfulness.
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24 November, 2002
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
The hope that empowers us to maintain our counter-cultural obedience to Christ, is that the One who will eventually rule over all is the One who offers himself as a suffering servant of all.
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17 November, 2002
The Coming Christ will reward and celebrate with those he finds having a go and making the most of all they have been given, not those who fearfully play it safe.
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6 October, 2002
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Formation, Jesus, Spiritual Disciplines, Spirituality
Scripture: Philippians
In the elusive quest to know Christ, spiritual disciplines are a valuable means, but can also easily degenerate into idols.
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7 July, 2002
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faith, Jesus, Liberation, peace
Those who insist that faith must satisfy their every ideology may miss out, while those who simply yoke themselves to Jesus will find the freedom and peace for which they yearn.
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16 June, 2002
We voluntarily live a vowed life as a grateful response to God’s saving acts.
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19 May, 2002
The world is full of offers of poisoned cups to quench our thirst, but Jesus offers us his own Spirit to sustain us in the wilderness.
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5 May, 2002
We go out not to take Christ to others, but to meet Christ among them and reconnect his story and theirs.
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3 February, 2002
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faithfulness, Grace, Righteousness, Weakness
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Matthew, Micah, Psalms
Living as God requires may not make sense in the world, but God will make it worth our while.
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6 January, 2002
The gifts we most need – a place of belonging and a place of sacred meaning – will be found when we offer them to others.
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23 December, 2001
Joseph is an admirable model of the willingness to put calling and values ahead of convenience or reputation.