open icon
baptist church
baptist church
Book: Proverbs
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!
Each sermon below opens in a new tab. Close the tab when you're done to return to this page.
-
15 September, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Compassion, Fullness of Life, Jesus, Liberation, Salvation, Spirituality, Wisdom
Jesus carries and embodies the Biblical tradition of wisdom, calling us to let go of our self-focussed lives and expand into new lives of wisdom, love and compassion.
-
12 June, 2022
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discernment, Discipleship, Doubt, Faith, Hope, Trinity, Wisdom
We live in uncertain times, unsure of the future shape of the church, but Jesus sends the Holy Spirit to us, not to give us certainty, but to guide and sustain us in the uncertainty.
-
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.
-
22 May, 2016
The self-giving love of the Trinity, contrasted with the experience of a toxic love triangle, calls us to a new non-possessive love that always seeks the glory and delight of the other.
-
26 May, 2013
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Creation, Jesus, Relationships, Trinity
When God is understood through the revelation of Jesus and his pattern of relating, then we discover ourselves invited into generous and gracious solidarity with all creation.
-
10 June, 2001
Preacher: Garry Worete Deverell
Topic: Communion, Identity, Relationships, Trinity
The Trinitarian stories resemble the dreaming of Australia’s Aborigines, for both imagine the divine as a community of being in which we are invited to participate, and so find our true being.
-
10 September, 2000
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Bible, Discipleship, Economics, Justice, Prayer
The Bible highlights the consequences of the world’s unjust economic system, and we, as the church, are called to find ways of living out our prayer for justice.
