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Book: Matthew
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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6 November, 2011
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Matthew
Our anticipation of new life in Christ, though not removing all grief, allows us to find hope in the mercy and love of God.
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23 October, 2011
Jesus recognises that there are different ways of interpreting the Bible that lead to different understandings of God and of following God, and he demonstrates the principles by which he would have us read it.
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16 October, 2011
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Formation, Identity, Incarnation, Jesus, Vocation
Scripture: 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Matthew
As creatures made in the image of God, imitation of God is the pathway to fullness of life.
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9 October, 2011
The pathway to a life of joy and gratitude is to imitate Jesus in filling our minds with things which are worthy, honourable, merciful and loving.
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2 October, 2011
A sermon on accepting the gifts of God
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18 September, 2011
We want to be rewarded as we think we deserve, but God wants to give us everything.
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14 August, 2011
Jesus and the Canaanite woman bring us along with them into a new understanding of what defiles, and what makes us clean and whole.
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31 July, 2011
God gives extravagantly and abundantly, but in order to experience it, we need to begin sharing it.
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24 July, 2011
The good news of the Kingdom always seems disreputable and dangerous and unwelcome, and it asks of us a whole new way of being God’s gracious people in a world of hatred and violence.
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10 July, 2011
Jesus has sown the seeds. It is up to us to respond and even though we may get excited and the interest dissipates, or we get distracted and let the other priorities take a hold of us, or we actually feel nothing, the challenge for us is to continue our walk with God.
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3 July, 2011
Preacher: Alison Sampson
Topic: Faithfulness, Formation, Spiritual Disciplines
Staying true to the disciplines of ordinary faithfulness is part of our calling as we follow the way of Jesus Christ; and engaging in them eases our burdens considerably.
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13 March, 2011
Temptations can hook us away from where we want to be, following Jesus, but perhaps we need them in order to discover who we are in relation to them.