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Topic: Marriage
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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19 January, 2025
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abundance, Baptism, Commitment, Generosity, Hospitality, Marriage, Scandal
Scripture: John
All-in commitment is unfashionable, but it is often what God needs from us to allow the richest blessings to flow.
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6 October, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Ethics, Fullness of Life, Grace, Law, Marriage, Relationships, War
Scripture: Mark
Jesus calls us to embrace God, life, and one another with joy, delight, hope, and grace, not with heartlessness cloaked in legalities.
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17 March, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Commitment, Faithfulness, Fullness of Life, Gifts, Grace, Healing, Love, Marriage, Salvation
Scripture: Jeremiah
God is passionately in love with us and longing to give us every good thing if we will respond to his love.
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6 November, 2022
Preacher: Lina Toth (Andronoviene)
Topic: Church, Community, Family, Marriage, Relationships, Resurrection
Scripture: Luke
Jesus’s perplexing teaching on marriage and singleness calls us into a new network of relationships in which all are fully valued.
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1 November, 2020
Preacher: Lina Toth (Andronoviene)
Scripture: Matthew
Jesus preached a vision of the Kingdom of God that re-orders our lives and communities, and finds an honoured place for those often excluded for not conforming to the pervasive norms of marriage and family.
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10 November, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Culture, Discipleship, Faithfulness, Love, Marriage, sex
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Genesis, Luke
The biblical pictures of marriage reflect our struggle to live our way into the vulnerable intimacy and relational fruitfulness that God wants for us and with us.
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5 October, 2003
Preacher: Craig Thompson
Topic: Forgiveness, Grace, Love, Marriage, Relationships, sex
Scripture: Mark
Jesus is uncompromising in his teaching about what we do with our bodies and the significance of our relationships, but also in promising a new beginning when we find ourselves lost in this way.
