Book: 1 & 2 Kings
At Open Icon Baptist Church, we value great preaching — 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. Click here to meet the inspirational preachers depicted in the gallery above, none of whom have preached for us!
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9 November, 2025
A Biblical drama exploring the 6th century Babylonian Exile through the eyes of two people who lived through it and through the Biblical records.
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25 August, 2024
While a dedicated building can serve a valuable role in our worship, God calls us to follow far beyond the confines of the building.
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6 August, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 & 2 Kings, Exodus, Matthew
The stories of Moses, Elijah and Jesus on various mountain tops reveals a process of God’s self-revelation as the one who loves us and suffers for us.
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7 July, 2019
The lectionary reading I’ve decided to focus on today is… read more
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5 June, 2016
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 & 2 Kings, Galatians, Luke
Sometimes God has to kill off our hopes and destroy our faith structures in order to create space for new life and truth to arise among us.
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9 June, 2013
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Death, Resurrection, Spirituality, Suffering
Scripture: 1 & 2 Kings, Luke
God meets us in the midst of our worst nightmares, calling life out of death, but seldom in the ways we might most wish for.
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4 July, 2010
Pray for all people and let God do the judging. The world may be an evil place but you are God’s children and evil has been overcome.
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20 June, 2010
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Church, Demons, Holy Spirit, Liberation, Spiritual Warfare
Scripture: 1 & 2 Kings, Luke
Christ calls us together into a spirit-filled body in the face of demonic forces that would seek to drive us apart and trick us into the fatal error of going it alone.
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13 June, 2010
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abuse, Forgiveness, Love, Mercy, Power
Scripture: 1 & 2 Kings, Luke
We are called to confront and oppose the abuse of power, but also to continue to love and offer forgiveness to those whose actions we are opposing.
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6 June, 2010
When drought and death threaten to destroy us, God will bring us through the barren times and raise us back to life, for doing so is the defining sign of God’s presence.
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12 February, 2006
The gospel calls us on a road to healing and wholeness, but its steps are so deceptively simple (which doesn’t mean easy) that we often don’t take them seriously and so don’t do them.
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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.

