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Topic: Hope
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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7 December, 2008
In God’s coming reign, things we find impossible to reconcile will be reconciled.
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26 October, 2008
Love is both a command and an eschatological promise. The promise undergirds our striving to obey the command.
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13 July, 2008
Jesus calls us to do the hard work to prepare the soil of our hearts an minds, ready to grow the fruits of faith, hope and love.
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16 December, 2007
The coming Christ will accomplish his purposes, which will be the best for us but may conflict with what we want from him.
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9 December, 2007
God’s merciful and all-inclusive love is steadfast, not arbitrary, and so fills us with hope in the coming Christ.
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2 December, 2007
Amidst the variety of opinions about the Coming Christ, there is a real message of hope that reshapes our lives.
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25 June, 2006
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Doubt, Hope, Spiritual Disciplines, Weakness
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Mark
The Christian life is often lived against overwhelming odds, but the presence of Christ and some basic godly resources make it a good bet.
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11 December, 2005
To those for whom the griefs of yesterday or the fear of tomorrow is just too much, come Lord Jesus.
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27 November, 2005
In Advent, we wait to discern more carefully the One for whom we wait, and the One who waits for us.
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16 October, 2005
Preacher: Rowland Croucher
Scripture: 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Exodus, Matthew, Psalms
We are given gifts from God – faith, love and hope – to help us cope with all that is less than God – especially when ‘principalities and powers’ overwhelm us.
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26 March, 2005
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Hope, Resurrection
When hopes have been extinguished and all is despair, God comes back.
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19 December, 2004
The coming Christ will continually confound our expectations, no matter how well informed or righteous they may be.