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Book: 1 2 & 3 John
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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21 April, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Faithfulness, Jesus, Sacrifice, Suffering
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, John, Psalms
The image of Jesus as the good shepherd can speak of tough life-on-the-line love, not just cuddling lambs.
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2 May, 2021
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John
If we want to understand how Jesus saves us and what Jesus saves us from, we are going to have to abandon the most widely taught explanation.
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25 April, 2021
The more challenging life in this world becomes, the more opportunity for Christians like us to live out the love of God by loving our neighbours.
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18 April, 2021
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conversion, Forgiveness, Grace, Repentance, Resurrection
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, Acts, Luke
We mostly don’t see ourselves as either terrible sinners or as gloriously Christ-like, but in the resurrection we are called to fully imagine both as world-changing truths.
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29 December, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, Joshua, Matthew
When God is moving to do something new among us, it almost always seems scandalous, immoral and offensive to many, and is just as likely to involve those who are regarded as morally suspect.
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29 April, 2018
Tonight we farewelled Peter from our congregation as he moves north, and he shared his reflections of what his time in this church has meant to him.
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22 April, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Church, Grace, Jesus, Love, Reconciliation
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, John
In his own demonstration of self-sacrificial love, Jesus has shown us what God is like and called us to love God and one another by loving likewise.
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15 April, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Death, Forgiveness, Fullness of Life, Jesus, Love, Resurrection
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, Acts, Luke
By lifting us out our enthralment to evil and death, Jesus sets us free from all that corrupts us and opens us to share real life with him.
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8 April, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Forgiveness, Grace, Jesus, Love, Resurrection, Salvation
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, John
When we expected to be shamed as we have shamed others, we are shocked and saved by the unexpected mercy of the crucified and risen Jesus.
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26 April, 2015
We are not added to a particular church flock in order to be in the “right” group, but in order to learn, with Christ, to love others and lay down our lives for the world.
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19 April, 2015
Preacher: Garry Worete Deverell
Topic: Baptism, Discipleship, Identity, Jesus, Resurrection
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, Luke
We shall be ourselves when we are able to surrender ourselves to Christ and say ‘not my will, but yours’.
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12 April, 2015
Preacher: Alison Sampson
Topic: Abundance, Communion, Generosity, Grace, Hospitality, Service, Virtues
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, Acts
With every step we take towards God’s economy, we will become more powerful in our witness to God’s saving action and love for the world, and be filled ever more deeply with God’s good grace.
