Sermons
At Open Icon Baptist Church, we value preaching that engages deeply, humbly and honestly with Jesus, the Bible, and the pain and joy of living in the real world. And since going permanently online, we have been able to welcome great preachers from all over the world without having to wait for them to visit our shores.
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5 May, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abuse, Anger, Healing, Liberation, Love, Relationships, Repentance, Violence
Scripture: John
In order for men to step up and end the scourge of domestic violence, they need to experience themselves as loved and valued, liberating them to love others.
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28 April, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Baptism, Conversion, Grace, Hospitality, Liberation, Mission, Unity
Scripture: Acts
In baptism we are adopted into a new family that is radically inclusive of those who have been cut off.
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21 April, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Faithfulness, Jesus, Sacrifice, Suffering
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, John, Psalms
The image of Jesus as the good shepherd can speak of tough life-on-the-line love, not just cuddling lambs.
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14 April, 2024
The physicality of the resurrection is a mystery that assures us that God values and honours us as whole, embodied humans, even if our bodies are damaged or worn out.
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7 April, 2024
The forgiveness we experience in the risen Christ is dauntingly radical and we are called to share it.
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30 March, 2024
The good news of resurrection meets us in the darkest places of our lives and so is initially incomprehensible and disorienting.
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17 March, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Commitment, Faithfulness, Fullness of Life, Gifts, Grace, Healing, Love, Marriage, Salvation
Scripture: Jeremiah
God is passionately in love with us and longing to give us every good thing if we will respond to his love.
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3 March, 2024
We all learn our desires from others, but most of them are destructive, and law tries to control them. The pathway to freedom and life is to follow Jesus and learn to desire as he desires.
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25 February, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Commitment, Conflict, Discipleship, Identity, Love, Scandal, Suffering
In an increasingly polarised world, championing the radical love and mercy shown by Jesus is likely to bring hostility from all sides.
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18 February, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Bible, Conversion, Covenant, Discernment, Ethics, judgement, Lent, Repentance
Scripture: Genesis
Both contemporary and ancient understandings of the rainbow sign point to God’s expansive love overcoming our fears and hostilities.
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11 February, 2024
Preacher: Karen Quah
Topic: Discipleship, Grace, Hope, Jesus, Sanctification, Spirituality
Scripture: Mark
The transfiguration reminds us that in and through Jesus, the perfect Son of God and the perfect Son of Man, we each have the potential to experience and to be glimpses of God who is the true agent of change in our lives and in the world.
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4 February, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discernment, Incarnation, Leadership, Service, Vocation
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Isaiah, Mark
Following Jesus in ministering among the needs around us is not a call to do everything ourselves.
