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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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18 February, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Bible, Conversion, Covenant, Discernment, Ethics, judgement, Lent, Repentance
Scripture: Genesis
Both contemporary and ancient understandings of the rainbow sign point to God’s expansive love overcoming our fears and hostilities.
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26 November, 2023
Jesus calls us to a new world in which the lives of nations revolve around bringing the previously marginalised to the centre of our national way of being. Nations that fail to do that collapse into self-destruction.
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17 September, 2023
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Forgiveness, judgement, Mercy, Politics, Violence
God’s offer of unlimited forgiveness creates a new world in which we are free to stop judging one another and turning on one another and spiralling into violence and hatred.
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14 August, 2022
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Faithfulness, Hope, judgement, Justice, Suffering
Adversity, violence, and suffering can come as a consequence of not just sin, but of radical love, but with love it can strengthen and sharpen us for fullness of life.
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31 July, 2022
When we read scripture through the eyes of Jesus, we find a way free of the violent abusive images of God in some of the ancient texts.
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8 November, 2020
Preacher: Suzanne Ross
Scripture: 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Matthew
Those who have too strong a belief in their own goodness to engage in the real, flesh and blood work of building community in the here and now, can end up struggling to accept God’s grace.
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28 June, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Anger, Discernment, Failure, Jesus, judgement, Leadership, Repentance, Sin
The abusive use of anger to manipulate other people’s behaviour is, Jesus says, on the same spectrum as physical violence, and Jesus calls this preacher to repent of it.
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16 February, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Matthew
Our generation is very good at identifying evils and calling them out, but if our hearts are not occupied by God’s love and mercy, the results can be disastrous.
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2 February, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Children, Discipleship, Faithfulness, Formation, Healing, Humility, Jesus, judgement, Leadership, Unity
Scripture: Matthew
Jesus calls us to follow his lead in bringing healing, hope and positive leadership to others, and not to be too worried about anxious and vexatious criticism.
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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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15 December, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Matthew
The coming kingdom culture confronts the world’s violence by redemptively suffering and absorbing it, not by reciprocating it with even greater violence.
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17 November, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Discipleship, Evil, Jesus, judgement, peace, Sacrifice
Global chaos marked by war, terror and injustice is growing inevitably, and as followers of Jesus we stand in witness against it, knowing that God is with us to the end.
