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Topic: Sin
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 January, 2026
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Forgiveness, Reconciliation, Salvation, Sin, Tribalism
Salvation – reconciliation with God and with one another – is relational rather than transactional, and it begins with a willingness to see, listen and learn.
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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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9 March, 2025
Preacher: Brett Mitchell
Topic: Faithfulness, Jesus, Sin, Spiritual Warfare, Temptation
Temptation is something we all have to deal with, and Jesus shows the way in dealing with it.
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8 April, 2023
It is only in light of the resurrection that we can comprehend the sin and death that we are being liberated from.
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6 February, 2022
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Grace, Gratitude, Jesus, Repentance, Sin
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Isaiah, Luke
A close encounter with God in Christ can make us paralysingly aware of our own sin and failure, but the experience of grace can transform that into a solidarity and gratitude that empowers us.
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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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1 March, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Matthew
The forgiveness encountered in Jesus is extravagant and all-inclusive, but those who determinedly reject and demonise the Spirit’s winds of change can cut off their own access to it.
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9 February, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Communion, Discernment, Jesus, Reconciliation, Sin, Unity
Scripture: 1 Corinthians
Jesus calls us to unite as his body around his table, and if we come to the table without seeking that unity, we dishonour Jesus.
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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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24 March, 2019
Jesus sets out to reshape our view of the relationships between sin, repentance and disaster, and if possible, to call us out of our spiral into global self-destruction.
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17 March, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Discipleship, Faithfulness, Fear, Grief, Love, peace, Sacrifice, Sin
Scripture: Luke, Philippians
In a world that is hell-bent on self-destruction, Jesus calls us to gather to him and to love faithfully and vulnerably with him, rather than surrendering to the hate and fear.
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30 September, 2018
Sickness and sin are similar and related disorders from which Jesus comes to to heal and save us.
