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Topic: Justice
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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15 March, 2026
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abundance, blindness and sight, Generosity, Justice, Karma, Light and darkness, reward and punishment
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Ephesians, John, Psalms
The desire for a fair universe is real and grief-filled – but Jesus steps outside that framework entirely, and invites us into something better.
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8 March, 2026
Context changes everything. Where, when and how we encounter life changes what we seek and long for from God and faith. Adaptive faith allows for the constancy of God in our ever-changing lives. It also requires us to be fluid – like water!
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15 February, 2026
Preacher: Jenn Garavito
Scripture: Matthew
Jesus’ Transfiguration reveals God’s liberating glory, calling us to justice, humility, and fearless love amid oppression.
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8 February, 2026
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Compassion, Culture, Discipleship, Ethics, Jesus, Justice, Law, Suffering
Scripture: Matthew
Jesus calls us to be salt and light by living a public embodied faith that tells the truth, resists indifferent silence, and makes God’s justice and love visible in the world.
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22 December, 2024
Preacher: Liza B. Lamis
Topic: Compassion, Discipleship, Empire, Justice, Liberation, Power, Spirituality
Scripture: Luke
Young. Woman. Pregnant. Unmarried. How does Mary the mother of Jesus speak to you today?
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28 July, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, John
When misunderstood, being “the chosen” can mutate into a toxic culture of entitlement that produces horrific criminal behaviour, and Jesus calls us to join him in challenging that culture.
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31 December, 2023
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
God reaches out to us through babies and elderly folks with a message of love and redemption that cuts through the theological justifications of empire and warmongering and calls us to peace.
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24 September, 2023
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Community, Compassion, Grace, Justice, Reconciliation
Scripture: Matthew
In order to recognise and cooperate with what God is doing, we often need to recognise and see past the assumptions that come with our own privilege.
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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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16 April, 2022
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Baptism, Crucifixion, Discipleship, Evil, Grace, Jesus, Justice, Oppresion, Resurrection
The resurrection of Jesus opens a path and calls us to follow into a life that is no longer dominated by the crucifying powers that destroy some of us and dehumanise others.
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16 May, 2021
The way of blessedness that comes through obedience and submission to God’s will, but the choice lies in our hands.
