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Topic: Salvation
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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28 December, 2025
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Matthew
The hope born at Christmas does not erase, deny, or hide from the horror of a violent world, but meets us in the midst of it.
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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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2 November, 2025
Preacher: Geoff Leslie
Topic: Faith, Faithfulness, Prophesy, Righteousness, Salvation
Scripture: Habakkuk
As societies collapse under the weight of their own sin, God’s promises stand firm and we are called to persevere in faith and righteousness.
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19 October, 2025
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Grace, Prayer, Salvation, Spiritual Disciplines
The relationship between God’s work and our work in salvation is not a puzzle to be solved, but a mystery to be lived in prayer and faithful discipleship.
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12 October, 2025
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Polarisation, Reconciliation, Salvation, Tribalism
Scripture: Luke
Jesus constantly seeks to upend our prejudices in order to breakdown and overcome our divisive tribalism.
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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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29 June, 2025
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faithfulness, Love, Salvation, Violence, War
When we fear for our own safety, we condone the violence that promises to protect us, and we use religion to justify it, but Jesus wants to free us to rise above the fear without resorting to hatred and violence.
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29 May, 2025
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
The ascension is the completion of the cosmic liturgy that frees us from our entanglement in sin, lifts us into the holy of holies, and sends us forth as the body of Christ for the world.
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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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21 July, 2024
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Compassion, Conflict, Grace, Identity, peace, Reconciliation, Salvation
Scripture: Ephesians
Healing the world’s tribalism and uniting us as one human family is the central goal of the gospel, the mission of salvation, the realisation of the kingdom of God.
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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.
