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Topic: Oppresion
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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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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17 November, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Conflict, Culture, Depression, Empire, Faithfulness, Oppresion, Politics, Temptation, Vocation, War
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Mark
Perhaps amidst the increasingly depressing state of the world, Jesus is calling us to learn the path of faithfulness from those who never win.
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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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12 November, 2023
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Bible, Empire, Identity, Oppresion, peace, Politics, Power, Suffering, Terror, Violence, War
Scripture: Joshua
Many parts of the Bible can be and often are weaponised as tools of oppression, but when we read it critically, with and through the teachings and example of Jesus, it calls us to liberation and life.
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19 March, 2023
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Evil, Fullness of Life, Liberation, Oppresion, Spiritual Warfare
There are forces conspiring to keep us in the dark, but Jesus opens our eyes so that we can see that our deepest yearnings are satisfied only in God.
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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.
