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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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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.
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9 December, 2001
Hope is a courageous and active stance towards life which is nourished in those who attend to the voice of God in Scripture.
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4 November, 2001
Faced with the callous injustice of the world, it takes tenacious trust in the vision of God’s just reign to survive.
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23 September, 2001
Even those whose actions are morally indefensible usually have attributes that challenge our own failings.
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16 September, 2001
Destructive evil is all around us and within us, but God has not given up on us.