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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11 June, 2006
The God who we encounter in such different ways is, nevertheless, the one God, and we are called to share in the life of this one God.
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21 May, 2006
Love is a gift which we invited to become at home in, receiving and enjoying it, not questioning, measuring and regulating it.
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7 May, 2006
Goodness and mercy are with us now – and we have to learn to accept them.
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30 April, 2006
The risen Christ confronts us with both the gruesome consequences of our violence and the terrifying shock of grace.
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15 April, 2006
The death of Christ strips us bare, but in his resurrection we are clothed in Christ and become participants in his resurrection life.
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2 April, 2006
God will do great things with us, but will not impose them on us, so we have to relinquish control before God brings about the growth we crave.
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5 March, 2006
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Grace, Jesus, Lent, Temptation, Violence
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Genesis, Mark
Violence must be a constant temptation for God, but in absolute love, God has vowed never to resort to it.
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26 February, 2006
In Jesus, God is calling us to see and hear a gospel that takes us beyond rule making and sacred violence.
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19 February, 2006
God’s new culture of forgiveness is entered by faith, and sometimes it is even vicarious faith.
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12 February, 2006
The gospel calls us on a road to healing and wholeness, but its steps are so deceptively simple (which doesn’t mean easy) that we often don’t take them seriously and so don’t do them.
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29 January, 2006
When we know ourselves as known by God, the demonic power of violent naming is broken and new life dawns.
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15 January, 2006
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Identity, Jesus, Politics, Repentance, Temptation
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 Corinthians, John, Psalms
In the encounter with Jesus, our self-delusion and our scapegoating are painfully exposed, but with the possibility of forgiveness and freedom.