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Topic: Liberation
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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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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14 December, 2025
Preacher: Jennie Clarke
Topic: Christmas, Hope, Joy, Liberation, Pilgrimage, Suffering
Scripture: Isaiah
Isaiah 35 declares joy and courage and gladness, for those stuck in the wilderness and dry lands.
Joy for the weak hands, the feeble knees and the fearful hearts. -
6 July, 2025
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Culture, Demons, Healing, Identity, Liberation, Oppresion, Salvation, Sin, Spiritual Warfare
We all get trapped in demonic and dehumanising social structures, but Jesus unmasks the truth so that we can be set free.
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4 May, 2025
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Forgiveness, Jesus, Liberation, Repentance, Resurrection
True forgiveness, which we encounter most fully in the risen Christ, does not gloss over the past but revisits it fully and carefully that we may be fully set free from it.
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16 February, 2025
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Culture, Economics, Generosity, Liberation, Prayer, Wisdom
There is a fundamental culture clash between those who put their trust in God and those who pursue wealth, comfort and celebrity.
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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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15 September, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Compassion, Fullness of Life, Jesus, Liberation, Salvation, Spirituality, Wisdom
Jesus carries and embodies the Biblical tradition of wisdom, calling us to let go of our self-focussed lives and expand into new lives of wisdom, love and compassion.
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14 July, 2024
In his suffering death, Jesus calls us to solidarity with all who suffer, and in his complete lack of vengefulness, the risen Christ offers the hope of healing from our violence.
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5 May, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abuse, Anger, Healing, Liberation, Love, Relationships, Repentance, Violence
Scripture: John
In order for men to step up and end the scourge of domestic violence, they need to experience themselves as loved and valued, liberating them to love others.
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28 April, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Baptism, Conversion, Grace, Hospitality, Liberation, Mission, Unity
Scripture: Acts
In baptism we are adopted into a new family that is radically inclusive of those who have been cut off.
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28 January, 2024
Jesus overcomes the demonic powers which colonise our religious structures and thinking and which rob us of our freedom, integrity and life.
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5 November, 2023
We we allow God’s word to work in us, it lifts the burden of oppressive teaching from us.
