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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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14 July, 2019
I want to look today at the story Jesus told… read more
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7 July, 2019
The lectionary reading I’ve decided to focus on today is… read more
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30 June, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Anger, Apocalypse, Grace, Hospitality, Jesus, Reconciliation, Repentance
The instinct to call down fire on those we perceive as God’s enemies is a “fruit of the flesh” that must be supplanted by the fruits of love.
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16 June, 2019
The God revealed to us in Jesus and experienced through the Holy Spirit is so dynamic and multi-facetted that we may find it hard to believe that we are always dealing with the one God.
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9 June, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Gifts, Holy Spirit, Hospitality, Love, Reconciliation, Resurrection
The new humanity formed in the death and resurrection of Jesus speaks a language of love and compassion that transcends linguistic and cultural differences and celebrates unity in diversity.
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2 June, 2019
Whenever we are invested in the status quo, we are at risk of being caught up in seeing the liberation that Jesus brings as a threat to be opposed.
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30 May, 2019
Preacher: Fr Brian Buckley
Topic: Hope, Jesus, Resurrection
In Christ’s ascension onto the mysterious cloud, we are gathered together into his mysterious presence.
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26 May, 2019
Following the living Jesus is the pathway to healing, integrity and life, and sometimes it comes into conflict with “following the Bible”.
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19 May, 2019
Outrageous love is the most obvious characteristic of Jesus, and therefore it is the one thing that will make us recognisable as his followers.
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5 May, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conversion, Discipleship, Faith, Forgiveness, Jesus
Conversion to the way of Jesus is not just a matter of belief, but requires a serious reckoning with our past complicity with attacks on his way.
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28 April, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Grace, Jesus, judgement
When we crusade against the evil of others, we end up crusading against Jesus himself, for he asks us to become givers and lovers of life.
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20 April, 2019
We have been drawn into an unstoppable rumour that keeps interrupting the dominant story of fear, hostility and death.
