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Preacher: Roslyn Wright
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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Roslyn Wright
The Re Roslyn Wright is an ordained Baptist minister based in Australia, primarily known for her work in professional supervision and clinical pastoral education (CPE). She served for many years as a Visiting Pastoral Overseer for our church, providing accountability and counsel. Ordained in 2006, Roslyn previously served as the Pastor of Rosanna Baptist Church. Her career spans several key areas of ministry and pastoral care As a professional Supervisor, she offers individual and group professional supervision for ministers and pastoral workers, focusing on maintaining healthy and sustainable ministry practices. She is a registered educator with ASACPEV Inc., facilitating Clinical Pastoral Education programs. She has taught extensively at Whitley College and the Heart of Life Centre
Sermons by Roslyn Wright
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14 November, 2021
Preacher: Roslyn Wright
Topic: Culture, Discipleship, Faithfulness, Love
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Hebrews, Mark
Being God’s people can be awkward. Our actions of love and care stand against the me-first culture, and to seek justice, love, and a better world.
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26 April, 2020
Preacher: Roslyn Wright
Topic: Discernment, Discipleship, Faithfulness, Hope, Jesus, Resurrection
Scripture: Luke
Like the Emmaus travellers, Jesus calls us to pay attention to what is happening in these strange times, to what makes our hearts burn within us, and so to be changed ready to live differently.
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14 July, 2019
I want to look today at the story Jesus told… read more
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27 January, 2019
I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which… read more
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11 November, 2018
What is the legacy you will leave? Live into life and love the way you want it to be, because whatever you choose will live on after you.Â
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6 August, 2017
Jesus went up the mountain and was transfigured, and we assume that it was a wonderful experience. And so it was, but maybe not in the way we think. What if the glory of God revealed in the face of Jesus at that moment was the face of utter human vulnerability?
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10 July, 2016
Discerning the will of God is a skill that needs work if you want to develop it, whether as a community together or as individuals.
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26 March, 2016
Preacher: Roslyn Wright
Topic: Death, Grief, Resurrection
The resurrection awaits us. It awaits us now as we live into our experience of the love of God, growing in us and through us. The resurrection awaits us too, that moment when life as we know it is no more, and we enter fully into the life and love of God.
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24 December, 2015
God becomes human and brings into himself (reconciles to himself) in Jesus the full range of human emotional experience.
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10 July, 2005
God calls us to live out the gospel, not just to think about, not just to pray about it, but to live it. Â Jesus called us to action, not to change their thinking but to change their lives.
