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Book: Ezekiel
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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22 March, 2026
Preacher: Andrew Dodd
When Jesus says “I am,” he’s not just making a claim — he’s pulling a thread that runs from a burning bush through a valley of dry bones to a man walking out of a tomb.
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26 March, 2023
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Formation, Grace, Grief, Healing, Resurrection, Spirituality, Suffering
Grief and suffering bring us close to the heart of the suffering God and can open us to God’s transforming and resurrecting power.
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29 March, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Death, Fear, Fullness of Life, Grief, Hope, Jesus, Lent, Resurrection
Jesus leads the way towards a new experience of life that is so utterly alive that death is powerless to threaten, limit or constrain it.
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20 November, 2011
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Leadership, Salvation, Service, Suffering, Violence
Jesus calls us to love and care for the world’s victims, and to refuse to participate in making more of them (even from among the victimisers).
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31 May, 2009
The Spirit of God is acting to bring life out of death and hope and vitality out of despair.
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23 November, 2008
Jesus, the coming king, will rise above power mongering and tenderly lead the people into paradise
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18 June, 2006
The Kingdom of God grows like a weed – seemingly insignificant and unwanted – but it ends up with a place of refuge for everyone.
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20 November, 2005
Preacher: Rowland Croucher
Topic: Faith, Forgiveness, Justice
Every relationship in the universe – between God and creation, between humans, and between humans and creation – is driven by three dynamics: justice, mercy and faith.
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26 March, 2005
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Hope, Resurrection
When hopes have been extinguished and all is despair, God comes back.
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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.
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21 March, 1999
No matter how dead something is, if the Spirit of God enters, there will be new life.
