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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 August, 2011
Jesus and the Canaanite woman bring us along with them into a new understanding of what defiles, and what makes us clean and whole.
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31 July, 2011
God gives extravagantly and abundantly, but in order to experience it, we need to begin sharing it.
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24 July, 2011
The good news of the Kingdom always seems disreputable and dangerous and unwelcome, and it asks of us a whole new way of being God’s gracious people in a world of hatred and violence.
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10 July, 2011
Jesus has sown the seeds. It is up to us to respond and even though we may get excited and the interest dissipates, or we get distracted and let the other priorities take a hold of us, or we actually feel nothing, the challenge for us is to continue our walk with God.
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3 July, 2011
Preacher: Alison Sampson
Topic: Faithfulness, Formation, Spiritual Disciplines
Staying true to the disciplines of ordinary faithfulness is part of our calling as we follow the way of Jesus Christ; and engaging in them eases our burdens considerably.
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26 June, 2011
It often feels as though faithfulness is going to cost us everything, but God is a God of wonderful surprises.
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19 June, 2011
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
The crucified and risen Jesus reveals the truth about the triune God’s grace, love and communion, and calls us to reflect those relationships in our communal life.
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12 June, 2011
The Spirit is there for us where ever we gather in the one place for that one purpose.
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5 June, 2011
The gratuitous mercy made known in the resurrected Christ requires us to rethink the nature of God all the way back to creation.
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29 May, 2011
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Holy Spirit, Hospitality, Weakness
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Acts, John
Jesus offers himself to the world from a vulnerable place on the margins, and he calls us to trust the Holy Spirit and do likewise.
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22 May, 2011
We have a distinct and privileged identity as God’s chosen people, but it does not turn us away from other people, but leads us to offer ourselves to and for them that all may share in the grace that has made us who we are.
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1 May, 2011
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Baptism, Communion, Resurrection, Worship
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, John
United with Christ in baptism we cross the threshold from death to life, and in Eucharist we continue to touch the scars which nourish our faith and inspire our worship.