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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29 April, 2018
Tonight we farewelled Peter from our congregation as he moves north, and he shared his reflections of what his time in this church has meant to him.
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22 April, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Church, Grace, Jesus, Love, Reconciliation
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, John
In his own demonstration of self-sacrificial love, Jesus has shown us what God is like and called us to love God and one another by loving likewise.
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15 April, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Death, Forgiveness, Fullness of Life, Jesus, Love, Resurrection
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, Acts, Luke
By lifting us out our enthralment to evil and death, Jesus sets us free from all that corrupts us and opens us to share real life with him.
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8 April, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Forgiveness, Grace, Jesus, Love, Resurrection, Salvation
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, John
When we expected to be shamed as we have shamed others, we are shocked and saved by the unexpected mercy of the crucified and risen Jesus.
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31 March, 2018
There is no neat finish to the Jesus story, because it is far from over. The risen Jesus is always ahead of us, calling us to follow and live the next chapter.
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18 March, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conversion, Discipleship, Failure, Faithfulness, Grace, Grief, Hope
The life that Jesus calls us too will not be found and enjoyed until we give up trying to engineer the life we dreamed we were supposed to be living.
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11 March, 2018
In the face of tragedy, we naturally cry out “Why?” Jesus meets us in the suffering and helps us find the path of life.
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25 February, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
God has promised the whole world to all God’s children, but not exclusive rights to some bits of it to some people.
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18 February, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Culture, Discipleship, Evil, Faithfulness, Lent, Temptation
Scripture: Mark
Jesus resisted the temptation to force his will on the world, and he pioneered a pathway for us to similarly refuse the exploitation of power.
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11 February, 2018
When Jesus heals, he is not seeking to minister solely to the individual, but to heal a sick culture, and the culture we live in needs his healing.
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4 February, 2018
Jesus demonstrates the need to reflect on our results and reject the easy success and popularity that are built on meeting basic needs.
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21 January, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conversion, Culture, Discipleship, Hospitality, Politics, Virtues
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Mark
The culture of God is emerging in our present world, confronting us with a choice – do we cling to our allegiance to the cultures that have raised us or let go of them and embrace the culture of God.
