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Topic: Fullness of Life
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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16 November, 2025
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Compassion, Discipleship, Faithfulness, Fullness of Life, Polarisation, Salvation
Scripture: Luke
Jesus warns us that disasters are ubiquitous and do not all herald the end of time, and calls us to persevere in the life of love even when we are blamed and persecuted.
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25 May, 2025
Jesus wants to heal us from all that would diminish us, and he also wants us to cooperate with that by really wanting it and envisioning ourselves free.
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29 December, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Children, Christmas, Fullness of Life, Identity, Spirituality
Scripture: Luke
The childhood picture of Jesus’ development calls us to ensure that our relationship with God is our primary allegiance, our first responsibility and the foundation of our identity.
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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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15 September, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Compassion, Fullness of Life, Jesus, Liberation, Salvation, Spirituality, Wisdom
Jesus carries and embodies the Biblical tradition of wisdom, calling us to let go of our self-focussed lives and expand into new lives of wisdom, love and compassion.
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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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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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15 October, 2023
Even in the midst of our worst troubles, uniting with God brings purpose and joy (which is not the same as mere happiness), and joy is an antidote to fear.
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1 October, 2023
There is life and nourishment hidden in the depths, and through Jesus the rock it is accessible to us.
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30 April, 2023
Jesus’s purpose for us is that we (individually and collectively) have fullness of 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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11 December, 2022
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abundance, Bible, Conversion, Faithfulness, Fullness of Life, Grace, Hope, Jesus, Liberation
Jesus asks us to assess the legitimacy of any ministry by its transforming and liberating outcomes for the world and its peoples.
