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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30 October, 2022
Jesus seeks out and embraces the outcasts, taking upon himself the hatred and hostility that had been directed at them.
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23 October, 2022
God invites us into a journey of healing, growth and reconciliation, and values our engagement with that journey far above our individual accomplishments.
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16 October, 2022
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faithfulness, Hope
Scripture: 1 & 2 Timothy, Jeremiah, Luke
God has promised a time of resurrection and renewal, and has given us guidance for living faithfully in the meantime.
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9 October, 2022
Preacher: Belinda Groves
Topic: Discernment, Discipleship, Gratitude, Hospitality, Mission
Scripture: Luke
Jesus challenges us to bring our lives to where God is active, to share in building the kingdom of God.
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2 October, 2022
When you know yourself truly beloved by God in Christ, you are freed from fear and shame to live fully and generously and courageously.
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25 September, 2022
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Luke
The cross of Jesus can teach us to recognise the innocence of suffering, and so enable us to recognise our own dependence on God’s mercy and to stop digging our own hells.
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18 September, 2022
Jesus’s parables always shock us, and few things shock us more than the outrageous graciousness that God shows us and calls for from us.
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11 September, 2022
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abuse, Forgiveness, Grace, Leadership, Politics, Sacrifice, Service
Scripture: 1 & 2 Timothy, Psalms
Our unwitting abusive treatment of the Royal family is a symptom of our entanglement in systemic persecution.
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4 September, 2022
As dangerous climate change unfolds before our eyes, the best possible outcome is entirely dependent upon humanity coming to a full acknowledgement of its special power and its special responsibility, which must centrally involve mastering our power.
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21 August, 2022
Jesus calls all who are worn out from maintaining appearances as hosts to relax into the humility of being guests.
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14 August, 2022
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Faithfulness, Hope, judgement, Justice, Suffering
Adversity, violence, and suffering can come as a consequence of not just sin, but of radical love, but with love it can strengthen and sharpen us for fullness of life.
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7 August, 2022
Imagination, fed by Jesus, enables us to grow and stretch, to make a way from what is to what could be, for the sake of worlds of hope God is already excited about.


