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Book: Colossians
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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12 February, 2023
Preacher: Chris Barnden
Topic: Discipleship, Reconciliation, Relationships, Virtues
Scripture: Colossians, Matthew
Being a disciple of Jesus is not about changing behaviour, it’s about changing life! It’s about being changed at our very core so that our inner motivations and attitudes are transformed.
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20 November, 2022
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conflict, Crucifixion, Culture, Jesus, Law, Leadership, Politics, Purity
Scripture: Colossians, Jeremiah, Luke
Jesus comes to break us free from oppressive understandings of God and of God’s expectations of us.
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24 July, 2022
The Lord’s Prayer is a manifesto for a whole new way of relating to God and the world.
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21 May, 2020
The Ascension is not a story about the absence of Christ, but of Christ’s extraordinary presence with us everywhere and always.
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24 November, 2019
The culture of God’s beloved Son is born at the cross and takes root amidst a hostile world, spreading forgiveness and hospitality.
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4 August, 2019
Through Jesus’ life, death and resurrection we are reconciled to God, made free to be the person that God created us to be, and we live into it by embracing a positive culture of love, mercy and consideration.
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30 December, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Colossians, Luke
Jesus models for us a willingness to listen, learn and grow rather than a domineering certainty that insists on knowing who’s right and who’s wrong.
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24 July, 2016
If we delight in shaming and punishing wrongdoers, we will not recognise the scandalous love and mercy revealed in Jesus, but instead find ourselves being harshly judged by an outraged condemning god who we have created in our own image.
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27 December, 2015
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Christmas, Conversion, Faithfulness, Grace, Jesus, Salvation
Scripture: Colossians, Luke
We grow into the likeness of Christ as we model ourselves on him, and he is a model of growth rather than a model of static perfection.
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21 July, 2013
When we follow Christ in being pain-bearers, we are participating in the reconciliation of the world.
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11 July, 2010
God’s call to us is to be the embodiment of divine compassion.
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15 July, 2007
Christ calls us to continue to grow in the measure of our love, prayer and good works.
