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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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12 August, 2001
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faith, Faithfulness, Service, Worship
Scripture: Isaiah
Our liturgical expression of faith can nurture but not substitute for putting our faith into action.
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29 July, 2001
In baptism we are joined to Christ and we now live as he leads, and celebrate the freedom of others to do so also.
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8 July, 2001
The gospel calls us on a road to healing and wholeness, but its steps are so deceptively simple (which doesn’t mean easy) that we often don’t take them seriously and so don’t do them.
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24 June, 2001
God sees us, the baptised, as having the appearance of Christ, which gives us reason to believe in ourselves and live up to it.
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6 May, 2001
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Commitment, Discipleship, Resurrection, Spiritual Warfare, Suffering
Scripture: Psalms, Revelation
Following Christ may take us into costly confrontation with the powers of the world, and we cannot be protected from the costs of that, but Christ will bring us through to the land of promise beyond.
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29 April, 2001
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Crucifixion, Reconciliation, Suffering, Worship
Scripture: Revelation
Our worship is a part of a cosmic liturgy of praise to the One who was slaughtered in reconciling a suffering universe to God.
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22 April, 2001
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Hope, Mission, Priesthood, Suffering
Scripture: Revelation
Locating our struggles within the bigger picture of God’s purposes can give hope and purpose, but it also places us in a challenging place of priestly mission.
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25 March, 2001
The Parable of the Prodigal Son may really be intended by Jesus as the Parable of the Loving Father and the Angry Brother.
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11 February, 2001
The beatitudes proclaim God’s preferential love for the poor and challenge us to rethink our own dependence on financial security.
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25 December, 2000
A modern paraphrase of a Homily from St Gregory Nazianzus for the Feast of the Nativity
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3 December, 2000
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faithfulness, Fear, Hope, Repentance
Scripture: Luke
Although the coming Christ is brings our deepest hopes to fulfillment, the transition will be traumatic and we still fear his coming because of our unhealthy investments in the present.
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26 November, 2000
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: John
When we call Jesus King, we may not know what we’re saying.