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Topic: Terror
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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21 December, 2025
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Compassion, Racism, Repentance, Terror
Confused feelings in the aftermath of the Bondi massacre are a window into the ongoing need for healing and transformation in our own hearts.
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29 September, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
The book of Esther is like a joke that has aged badly, enabling us to see how righteous anger at anti-semitism can become its horrifying mirror image.
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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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22 October, 2023
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Conflict, Conversion, Grace, peace, Politics, Repentance, Terror, Violence
Scripture: 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Matthew
If we keep imitating one another, paying back violence with vengeance, the world will be consumed in an escalating fury, but Jesus rescues us and gives us a life-giving example to follow.
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31 July, 2022
When we read scripture through the eyes of Jesus, we find a way free of the violent abusive images of God in some of the ancient texts.
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12 October, 2014
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
There are many stories in the Bible that can appear to portray God as involved in terrorist acts, but Jesus invites us to read them in new ways.
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14 September, 2014
Preacher: Alison Sampson
What would happen if violence were met with bread, with blankets, with hospitals, with forgiveness of debts?
