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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23 February, 2025
The call to love our enemies is not a new law to slave at, but a call into a culture of love so wild and free and strong that no one can hate it out of us.
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16 February, 2025
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Culture, Economics, Generosity, Liberation, Prayer, Wisdom
There is a fundamental culture clash between those who put their trust in God and those who pursue wealth, comfort and celebrity.
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9 February, 2025
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Formation, Mission, Repentance, Spirituality, Worship
Scripture: Isaiah
When we truly encounter God in worship, we see everything in all its splendour and horror and are transformed for mission.
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2 February, 2025
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Commitment, Love, Relationships, Spirituality
Scripture: 1 Corinthians
God is love, and so love is the only real measure of spiritual maturity or accomplishment.
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26 January, 2025
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Church, Grace, Identity, Leadership, Mission, Politics, Reconciliation
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Luke
Jesus’s agenda, which we are called to follow, is about healing, liberating and gathering in the excluded, not purifying the community by excluding anyone.
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19 January, 2025
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abundance, Baptism, Commitment, Generosity, Hospitality, Marriage, Scandal
Scripture: John
All-in commitment is unfashionable, but it is often what God needs from us to allow the richest blessings to flow.
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12 January, 2025
In baptism we follow Jesus in being “ordained” and empowered for mission.
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6 January, 2025
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Matthew
An adaptation of the First Kontakia on the Life of Christ, a sung or chanted sermon by the great sixth-century poet and singer, St Romanos the Melodist.
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5 January, 2025
What difference does it make for us and in the world that The Word became flesh and made its dwelling among us?
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29 December, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Children, Christmas, Fullness of Life, Identity, Spirituality
Scripture: Luke
The childhood picture of Jesus’ development calls us to ensure that our relationship with God is our primary allegiance, our first responsibility and the foundation of our identity.
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24 December, 2024
In the nativity we see the light of living grace, in all its vulnerability, shining into the darkness of the world’s violence and divisiveness.
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22 December, 2024
Preacher: Liza B. Lamis
Topic: Compassion, Discipleship, Empire, Justice, Liberation, Power, Spirituality
Scripture: Luke
Young. Woman. Pregnant. Unmarried. How does Mary the mother of Jesus speak to you today?


