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Preacher: Mark Brett
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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Mark Brett
Professor Mark G. Brett is a leading Australian academic known for his work in biblical interpretation and postcolonial theology. He is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Whitley College, the Baptist college in the University of Divinity in Melbourne. Mark's research focuses on the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) through the lens of postcolonial theory, specifically looking at how religious texts intersect with politics, indigenous voices, and decolonisation. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. In 2019, he became the first non-North American appointed as the General Editor of the prestigious Journal of Biblical Literature. He is the author of numerous books, including Genesis: Procreation and the Politics of Identity (2000), Decolonizing God (2008), Political Trauma and Healing (2016) and Political Theologies in the Hebrew Bible (2023).
Sermons by Mark Brett
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9 October, 2005
One of the implications of grace may be that instead of taking swords to the less good and pure, we learn to express the openness of God to the mixed bag of people who are on the journey with us.
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17 August, 2003
Preacher: Mark Brett
Topic: Discernment, Humility, Politics, Power, Wisdom
Scripture: 1 & 2 Kings, Psalms
Any political wisdom which has lost touch with the values revealed to us in the character of God is on the road to disaster. It is not wisdom at all; it is just the mouthings of wealth and power.
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29 September, 2002
Preacher: Mark Brett
Topic: Authority, Leadership, Power, Weakness
Scripture: Exodus, Matthew, Philippians
At the deepest level of our need, we are called to rest in the love and righteousness of God, which can never be forced.