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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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3 April, 1999
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Resurrection
A paraphrase of this ancient sermon, still preached every Easter in many Eastern Orthodox churches.
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21 March, 1999
No matter how dead something is, if the Spirit of God enters, there will be new life.
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14 March, 1999
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abundance, Fullness of Life, Grace, Spirituality
Scripture: Psalms
Our deepest yearnings are satisfied in God, and only scratched elsewhere.
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14 February, 1999
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conflict, Formation, Reconciliation, Unity
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Matthew
Fights and divisions in the church are a sign of how far we still have to go, but if we don’t run from them, God will use them to mature us and grow our ability to love.
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7 February, 1999
The church rightly has an impact on the world, bringing out the taste of God, but it won’t come from pedantic obedience.
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31 January, 1999
We are saved by our trust in God, and the only basis we are offered for our trust is the cross.
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24 January, 1999
The experience of Christ crucified unites us – theories about it are more likely to divide us.
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3 January, 1999
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faithfulness, Incarnation, Jesus
The Word has become flesh to redeem us. Now our redeemed response must become flesh.
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6 December, 1998
Preparing the way of the Lord is not just a temporary clean-up for the visitor, but an embracing of the new possibilities that are opening to us.
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29 November, 1998
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Ethics, Fullness of Life, Hope, Salvation
We are called to live the lifestyle of the era that has not quite dawned – values found in Jesus Christ that will bring life to the world.
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1 November, 1998
The values Christ calls us to live by can (for most people) only be lived in community with the saints, past and present.
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4 October, 1998
Christian discipleship is about fully living the faith you have, and it is a basic human duty, not a cause for special commendation.