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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9 November, 2003
Jesus promises that if we will face our deepest fear – the loss of our very souls – and if we will trust in his love, then we shall live, even though we die.
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2 November, 2003
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Ethics, Jesus, Love, Relationships, Ritual
Religious ritual and ethical living are both bound up together in the journey of following Jesus into the Realm of God.
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12 October, 2003
Preacher: Garry Worete Deverell
Grace is the opposite of karma, that most ancient and persistent of human laws which proclaims that we get what we deserve. We do not get what we deserve, and thank Christ we don’t!
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5 October, 2003
Preacher: Craig Thompson
Topic: Forgiveness, Grace, Love, Marriage, Relationships, sex
Scripture: Mark
Jesus is uncompromising in his teaching about what we do with our bodies and the significance of our relationships, but also in promising a new beginning when we find ourselves lost in this way.
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28 September, 2003
Christ is sacramentally present to heal and forgive when his people are open, honest and vulnerable with one another in seeking healing for their sickness and suffering.
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17 August, 2003
Preacher: Mark Brett
Topic: Discernment, Humility, Politics, Power, Wisdom
Scripture: 1 & 2 Kings, Psalms
Any political wisdom which has lost touch with the values revealed to us in the character of God is on the road to disaster. It is not wisdom at all; it is just the mouthings of wealth and power.
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3 August, 2003
Making the Church in the incarnate body of Christ is costly for God, and both challenging and salvific for us.
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27 July, 2003
A fortified inner self not only enables a person to offer love properly but to receive love properly, even from God, to give without strings, to receive without suspicion.
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20 July, 2003
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Ephesians, Mark
The answers to the questions about our future directions are not easy, but we can trust the God who holds our future in his hands.
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13 July, 2003
Preacher: Garry Worete Deverell
Topic: Commitment, Fullness of Life, Gratitude, Jesus, Worship
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Mark
If we can lose ourselves in the worship of Christ, then Christ will come to fill our emptied egos with his own self which now dances in the freedom of God.
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6 July, 2003
Rediscovering the mission of Jesus is one pathway through which we might re-enter the experience of dependence on God.
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8 June, 2003
Preacher: Garry Worete Deverell
Topic: Depression, Fullness of Life, Holy Spirit, Salvation
The day of Pentecost is the day when the Spirit comes to interrupt and call into question the inevitability of our despair.


