Nathan has been a pastor of our Church since 1994.
Jesus commits himself to the path of redemptive suffering in preference to either fight or flight, and he calls us to follow him in that commitment.
An Open Table where Love knows no borders
An Open Table where Love knows no borders
Sermons by Nathan Nettleton (Page 27)
The once and for all sacrifice of Christ and our living sacrifice of ourselves are becoming one sacrifice as we and Christ become one.
Jesus will be there for us in the midst of the storms, but we are to stay together in his boat rather than jump ship in a misguided “display of faith”.
The incoming Kingdom of God often challenges conventional social norms to such an extent that it is perceived as anarchic or even evil.
God is with us everywhere, whether we realise it or not, but there is still value in honouring special places of promise and revelation.
In Baptism, Christ has united us with himself in his death to sin and his resurrection to radically new life.
Christ’s desire to extend hospitality to us, to welcome us at his table, is so great that he will give even his own life to bring us into the experience of his love. This is the pattern for our call to hospitality too.
You might have been written off as a dead loss (even by yourself), but only respond to the call of Christ, and you will live!
Christ is so present we loose the ability to see him. We need to worship to recover our sight.
When Jesus sees us for who we really are, we are enabled to see ourselves for who we really are, without boxes and labels, and so be saved to become who we were created to be.
God calls us to new beginnings, and we have to let go of old certainties to embrace them.
The message of the cross cuts against everything that would divide us from one another, and so cuts against everything that would drive us out.
The coming Christ will accomplish his purposes, which will be the best for us but may conflict with what we want from him.
God’s merciful and all-inclusive love is steadfast, not arbitrary, and so fills us with hope in the coming Christ.
Amidst the variety of opinions about the Coming Christ, there is a real message of hope that reshapes our lives.
Growth in faith and love come as we work through tough times together for God.
Living the beatitudes is far to lightly dismissed as being “only for saints”, but Christ calls us all to live as saints.
In the face of a plurality of spiritualities, Jesus calls us to respectfully but urgently and persistently bear witness to the good news.
In Christ, God acts for the salvation of all, and in Christ, we are called to pray for all (even politicians!).
The love of Christ draws us into a radically deeper set of love relationships, but don’t expect them to be understood by those outside the faith.