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Topic: Virtues
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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26 October, 2025
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Compassion, Grace, Humility, Polarisation, Repentance, Virtues
Scripture: Luke
When we respond to others with judgement and contempt instead of empathy and compassion, we fail to understand God and live God’s love for others.
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11 August, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Anger, Church, Compassion, Culture, Formation, Fullness of Life, Generosity, Grace, Love, Relationships, Virtues, Worship
Scripture: Ephesians
The measure of the value of our worship is the measure of the transformation of our lives into imitations of the love and kindness of Jesus.
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1 November, 2023
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Matthew, Revelation
Living the beatitudes is tough and dangerous, and we will need the inspiration and company of the saints, before us and beside us, if we are going to make it.
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12 February, 2023
Preacher: Chris Barnden
Topic: Discipleship, Reconciliation, Relationships, Virtues
Scripture: Colossians, Matthew
Being a disciple of Jesus is not about changing behaviour, it’s about changing life! It’s about being changed at our very core so that our inner motivations and attitudes are transformed.
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19 September, 2021
Preacher: Léon van Ommen
Topic: Discipleship, Righteousness, Virtues, Wisdom
The beginning of wisdom, the entry onto the road that leads to life, is reverence for God, which shapes our character and therefore our lives.
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15 August, 2021
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abundance, Commitment, Fullness of Life, Hospitality, Liberation, Spirituality, Virtues, Worship
Scripture: Ephesians
Paul’s word play on drunkenness is both a useful contrast and a useful comparison for Christian living.
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19 July, 2020
Preacher: Paul Sheppy
Topic: Discipleship, Faithfulness, Humility, Jesus, Virtues
Scripture: Matthew
God knows our tribulation and will keep us in the right way if we will trust to do right without fuss and without favour.
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14 June, 2020
Preacher: Francesca D Nuzzolese
Scripture: Matthew
In the culture of Jesus, the very conditions that create discomfort, struggle, suffering and even scorn, paradoxically are transformed into the essential ingredients to inherit and inhabit the kingdom of God.
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10 May, 2020
True martyrdom involves suffering even unto death. But, no less important, the martyr sees what other people may not be seeing, and opens their eyes to it.
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3 March, 2019
Acknowledging and appreciating Jesus is relatively easy, but we find it much more difficult to transform our lives in conformity with his teaching.
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17 February, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faithfulness, Jesus, Virtues
Most of us are addicted to achieving results and success, and it is crippling us. Jesus leads us towards an unexpected and almost unrecognisable freedom.
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30 December, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Colossians, Luke
Jesus models for us a willingness to listen, learn and grow rather than a domineering certainty that insists on knowing who’s right and who’s wrong.
