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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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15 November, 2015
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Conversion, Death, Forgiveness, Grace, Jesus, Reconciliation
Only when the world models itself on the self-sacrificial love and mercy we have seen in Jesus will it be saved from the cycles of apocalyptic violence and chaos.
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8 November, 2015
Every coin you are holding already belongs to God: every bitterness, every hurt, every disappointment. Do not hold a single one back.
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25 October, 2015
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Fullness of Life, Grace, Healing, Liberation, Salvation
Scripture: Mark
Jesus wants to lift us beyond the deadening conformity that seeks to silence us and confine us to a stunted life.
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18 October, 2015
Most suffering is random and unfair, but Jesus has joined us in it to lead us into new life.
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11 October, 2015
In Christ we have been given a new identity that dissolves the labels of first and two-thirds world, and invites us all to be poor.
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27 September, 2015
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Generosity, Grace, Hospitality, Humility, Jesus, Purity, Virtues
Scripture: Mark
Jesus’s invitation is radically open and inclusive, and we need to guard carefully against our own culturally conditioned instincts to start narrowing and policing it.
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20 September, 2015
The things that make Jesus the perfect leader to lead us into new life are probably the same things that would make us turn our backs on him and seek to follow others.
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13 September, 2015
Preacher: Alison Sampson
Topic: Church, Grace, Hospitality, Love, Relationships, Service
Scripture: James
Good gossip, listening in love to each other’s stories and seeking the presence of God, helps us to build connection and community and to grow in love.
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6 September, 2015
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faith, Fullness of Life, Jesus
God promises the best for us if we follow the way of Jesus, and faith is actively trusting that that pathway will indeed be the way of life.
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30 August, 2015
Preacher: Alison Sampson
Scripture: Mark
There is nothing, absolutely nothing, that another person can do to you that can make you unclean or defiled in the eyes of God.
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23 August, 2015
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discernment, Discipleship, Evil, Grace, Love, Reconciliation, Spiritual Warfare
En Cristo somos uno con toda la carne y la sangre, y por lo tanto nuestra lucha no es contra ningunas personas, sino contra los espÃritus y los principados y los potestades que dividirÃan a la gente y les harÃan enemigos.
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23 August, 2015
Preacher: Garry Worete Deverell
Topic: Discernment, Evil, Jesus, Spiritual Warfare
We only reliably recognise and combat evil by listening to Jesus and taking his wisdom into our hearts.
