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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2 October, 2011
A sermon on accepting the gifts of God
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25 September, 2011
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Formation, Fullness of Life, Humility, Identity, Jesus
Scripture: Philippians
The self-emptying of Jesus reveals both his divinity and the pathway to our full humanity.
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18 September, 2011
We want to be rewarded as we think we deserve, but God wants to give us everything.
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28 August, 2011
Are we, individually and together, focused on the things that we can be doing, that will enable us to embrace and nurture the growth of Christ’s values, withstanding opposition to them?
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21 August, 2011
We have to choose between being squeezed into the world’s mould or re-moulded from within by God.
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14 August, 2011
Jesus and the Canaanite woman bring us along with them into a new understanding of what defiles, and what makes us clean and whole.
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31 July, 2011
God gives extravagantly and abundantly, but in order to experience it, we need to begin sharing it.
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24 July, 2011
The good news of the Kingdom always seems disreputable and dangerous and unwelcome, and it asks of us a whole new way of being God’s gracious people in a world of hatred and violence.
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10 July, 2011
Jesus has sown the seeds. It is up to us to respond and even though we may get excited and the interest dissipates, or we get distracted and let the other priorities take a hold of us, or we actually feel nothing, the challenge for us is to continue our walk with God.
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3 July, 2011
Preacher: Alison Sampson
Topic: Faithfulness, Formation, Spiritual Disciplines
Staying true to the disciplines of ordinary faithfulness is part of our calling as we follow the way of Jesus Christ; and engaging in them eases our burdens considerably.
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26 June, 2011
It often feels as though faithfulness is going to cost us everything, but God is a God of wonderful surprises.
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19 June, 2011
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
The crucified and risen Jesus reveals the truth about the triune God’s grace, love and communion, and calls us to reflect those relationships in our communal life.