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Book: James
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 March, 2025
Preacher: Brett Mitchell
Topic: Faithfulness, Jesus, Sin, Spiritual Warfare, Temptation
Temptation is something we all have to deal with, and Jesus shows the way in dealing with it.
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22 September, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Jesus offers himself to us to serve and bless us, and calls us to do the same in serving and blessing others.
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8 September, 2024
God’s gracious acceptance is so free from favouritism that we find it scandalous and daunting.
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1 September, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Formation, Law, Purity, sex
Scripture: James, Mark, Psalms, Song of Songs
God’s love for us is so all-consuming that he accepts us as soon as we accept him and is happy for our behaviours to be sorted out in the transforming experience of love.
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26 September, 2021
In Jesus, rejoicing at our deliverance leads us not to retribution, but to a way of peace, living life for each other, praying for each other, and holding the good of each other before our own.
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19 September, 2021
Preacher: Léon van Ommen
Topic: Discipleship, Righteousness, Virtues, Wisdom
The beginning of wisdom, the entry onto the road that leads to life, is reverence for God, which shapes our character and therefore our lives.
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15 March, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Fear, Hope, Hospitality, Jesus, Lent, Prayer, Resurrection, Service
The COVID-19 scare can reinforce our Lenten call to prepare our hearts by facing up to our mortality and the real limits of our control over the world.
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30 September, 2018
Sickness and sin are similar and related disorders from which Jesus comes to to heal and save us.
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16 September, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faithfulness, Fullness of Life, Identity, Jesus, Repentance
When we commit ourselves to following Jesus, we surrender all our personal aspirations and our share in the aspirations of our nation, in order that we might receive the life of Christ.
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2 September, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abundance, Fullness of Life, Gifts, Gratitude, Incarnation, Love, sex
Scripture: James, Mark, Song of Songs
Sexual Intimacy is an exquisitely beautiful gift from God, but attempts to control and repress it frequently distort it into a hypocritical and malevolent force.
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11 December, 2016
Jesus Christ is the coming one who will fulfill the hopes and yearnings of the world, but we will imperil our faith and hope if we keep trying to set the agendas for him.
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20 September, 2015
The things that make Jesus the perfect leader to lead us into new life are probably the same things that would make us turn our backs on him and seek to follow others.
