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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21 October, 2012
In the sacraments, Jesus constantly calls us to follow him in giving up conventional notions of honour and offer ourselves for the life of the world.
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14 October, 2012
In times when we strive to see but cannot, when we struggle to understand and can find no satisfactory answers in the face of issues that confuse us, we can still search for communion with the one who knows all things, who understands all things.
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30 September, 2012
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Generosity, Hospitality, Humility, Jesus, Pride
Scripture: Mark
Jesus’s abolition of “us” and “them” categories is so radical that it seems almost impossible for us to comprehend and put into practice.
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2 September, 2012
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Mark
It is human nature to think that our ways are God’s ways, and so to shun those whose ways seem alien or disgusting to us, but Jesus calls us to recognise God at work in others, however different.
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26 August, 2012
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Grace, Jesus, Reconciliation, Spiritual Warfare, Unity
In Christ we are one with all flesh and blood, and so our struggle is not against any other people, but against the spirits and powers and forces which would divide people and make them enemies.
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5 August, 2012
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Anger, Discernment, Jesus, Justice
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Ephesians, John
If God seems unjust, we can and should question God’s integrity, for God welcomes our questions in order that the falsehoods might be stripped away and the truth revealed.
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22 July, 2012
Preacher: Ian Cook
Topic: Generosity, Grace, Hospitality, Mercy, Mission, Service
Scripture: Ephesians
God calls us to welcome and care for “the strangers” the refugees and asylum seekers in our midst.
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15 July, 2012
Preacher: Alison Sampson
Topic: Abundance, Commitment, Fullness of Life, Generosity, Gratitude, Worship
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Ephesians
God calls us to live exuberantly, generously reflecting the good things God has done and becoming model citizens in the reign of God.
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8 July, 2012
Preacher: Samara Pitt
Topic: Discipleship, Failure, Faithfulness, Jesus, Vocation, Weakness
Scripture: Mark
Like the disciples, we stumble, but we too can pick ourselves up and re-orient ourselves to the transformed landscape that Jesus is slowly mapping out for us.
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1 July, 2012
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conversion, Liberation, Mercy, Reconciliation, Unity
Scripture: Mark
Jesus breaks down the barriers that divide us into pure and impure and removes the cause for the fear that marginalises people.
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24 June, 2012
On our own we are powerless to deal with many of the things that confront us, but when we recognise that and make ourselves available for whatever God wants to do, all kinds of scary things may actually be possible.
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10 June, 2012
Unquestioning allegiances to family and nation keep us bound to satanic systems, but Jesus binds the satan and breaks us free to be the new family of God.
