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 June, 2002
Preacher: Garry Worete Deverell
Topic: Blessing, Grace, peace, Reconciliation, Unity
If Abraham is our common father in faith, and like him we are justified and made whole by our faith in God’s mercy, then Christians, Jews and Muslims might find unity in sharing, humbly, in the wonder of that gift together.
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19 May, 2002
The world is full of offers of poisoned cups to quench our thirst, but Jesus offers us his own Spirit to sustain us in the wilderness.
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12 May, 2002
Preacher: Garry Worete Deverell
Topic: Abundance, Discernment, Healing, Jesus, Power, Resurrection, Spiritual Disciplines
The wound of abandonment which haunts every human being will find its healing in Christ who is everywhere present as the authority and power of God.
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5 May, 2002
We go out not to take Christ to others, but to meet Christ among them and reconnect his story and theirs.
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14 April, 2002
Preacher: Garry Worete Deverell
Topic: Conversion, Formation, Liberation, Resurrection, Worship
Scripture: Luke
The resurrection of Jesus is about the in-breaking of something which is so new, so different, so unheard of, that it changes things so entirely that we will never again become captive to all that is predictable, or ‘necessary,’ or ‘fated’.
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10 March, 2002
We are called not to know, but to be known, not to see, but to be seen by God, who gazes upon us with a love so wide and long and deep that it surpasses all our imaginings.
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3 February, 2002
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faithfulness, Grace, Righteousness, Weakness
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Matthew, Micah, Psalms
Living as God requires may not make sense in the world, but God will make it worth our while.
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27 January, 2002
Jesus calls us to take the way less travelled, to leave behind the sin that entangles, to be welcomed by God, that we may have power to welcome and love even our enemies.
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20 January, 2002
The impossible life of peace, joy, justice centred in the other, only becomes possible because God makes it possible.
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6 January, 2002
The gifts we most need – a place of belonging and a place of sacred meaning – will be found when we offer them to others.
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23 December, 2001
Joseph is an admirable model of the willingness to put calling and values ahead of convenience or reputation.
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9 December, 2001
Hope is a courageous and active stance towards life which is nourished in those who attend to the voice of God in Scripture.


