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Book: 1 & 2 Peter
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 April, 2026
Preacher: Geoff Leslie
Topic: Justice, Land and faith, Resurrection, Vocation
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Psalms
Psalm 16 began as a farmer’s prayer about good land and steady faith — and became something bigger without leaving the earth behind.
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10 December, 2023
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Hope, Resurrection
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Isaiah, Mark, Psalms
Though we are to strive for righteousness and justice now, what we achieve now is a mere shadow of what will be fulfilled in the day of the Lord.
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19 February, 2023
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Matthew
Stunning moments of spiritual clarity can be life-changing, but the real measure of our faithfulness is in how we live for the rest of the time.
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21 February, 2021
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Genesis, Mark
God will walk with us in suffering and work redemptively within it, but God is not powerful enough to just remove it.
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22 November, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Church, Culture, Jesus, Leadership, Power, Reconciliation
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Deuteronomy, Matthew
In a world dominated by arrogant and exploitative leaders, Jesus models a gentle shepherding leadership that prioritises the reintegration of the broken over the drive for “success” and “efficiency”.
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11 April, 2020
Preacher: Joel Sierra
Topic: Grace, Hope, Incarnation, Resurrection, Salvation
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Matthew
As Woody Allen said, 90% of success is just showing up, and in the resurrection, Jesus really shows up!
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10 December, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Mark
For both God and us, time can drag when waiting for change, but patience is salvation when forgiveness is offered as a means of change rather than as a reward for change.
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28 May, 2017
Preacher: Phil Gale
Topic: Discernment, Discipleship, Faithfulness
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Acts, John
Allowing ourselves to be shaped by the teaching and testimony passed down from the Apostles protects us from falling for the idea that the gospel is a marketable means of gratifying our wishes.
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21 May, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Grace, Hope, Jesus, Love, Resurrection
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, John
Following Jesus has nothing to do with trying to be good. His love and hope are gifts, rather than demands, and they free us to love and hope freely.
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30 April, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conversion, Failure, Grace, Grief, Hope, Jesus, Reconciliation, Resurrection, Salvation
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Luke
Meeting us on the road of despair, Jesus reveals to us that suffering and defeat are God’s means of bringing new life and hope.
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7 December, 2014
Preacher: Alison Sampson
Topic: Apocalypse, Hope, Salvation
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Isaiah, Mark, Psalms
Advent is preparing us for the coming of the Lord, that already and not-yet event for which people have lived and worked and prayed for millennia.
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18 May, 2014
We are a ragtag bunch, but in witnessing to God’s mercy and love, we become the people of God together.
