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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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11 December, 2011
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Faithfulness, Hope, Prayer
Faithful witness to the Coming Christ is not expressed by trying to force the world into our concepts of righteousness, but by joyously, prayerfully, and thankfully cooperating with the liberating work of the Spirit, even in the face of violent opposition.
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27 November, 2011
God’s action in the world and in our lives is constant and faithful, but rarely flamboyant or unambiguous. Discerning God’s activity is therefore a learned skill.
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20 November, 2011
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Leadership, Salvation, Service, Suffering, Violence
Jesus calls us to love and care for the world’s victims, and to refuse to participate in making more of them (even from among the victimisers).
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6 November, 2011
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Matthew
Our anticipation of new life in Christ, though not removing all grief, allows us to find hope in the mercy and love of God.
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23 October, 2011
Jesus recognises that there are different ways of interpreting the Bible that lead to different understandings of God and of following God, and he demonstrates the principles by which he would have us read it.
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16 October, 2011
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Formation, Identity, Incarnation, Jesus, Vocation
Scripture: 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Matthew
As creatures made in the image of God, imitation of God is the pathway to fullness of life.
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9 October, 2011
The pathway to a life of joy and gratitude is to imitate Jesus in filling our minds with things which are worthy, honourable, merciful and loving.
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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.