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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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30 July, 2023
Preacher: Cheryl Williams
Topic: Children, Compassion, Healing, Holy Spirit, Relationships
We are not alone or orphaned. The one who creates, loves, reconciles, shows us the way to truth, shows us the way into the future is an abiding presence with us.
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23 July, 2023
The stairway to heaven is revealed in the darkest places and situations of our lives, in the difficult and dangerous places, in the situations where we least expected it.
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16 July, 2023
Preacher: John Sampson
Scripture: Matthew
A sermon on Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 by Dr John Sampson… read more
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9 July, 2023
Preacher: Curtis W. Freeman
Scripture: Matthew
A sermon on Matthew 11:16-19,25-30 & Romans 7:15-25a by the… read more
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2 July, 2023
The usual interpretation of the binding of Isaac is that God requires us to sacrifice everything, even, if asked, our own children. But could a contextual awareness reveal a more life-giving reading?
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25 June, 2023
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Matthew
Jesus did not come with the goal of making some gentle improvements to the status quo, but to disable the status quo by exposing its lies and revealing its victims. Without our culture being radically converted by that, the result is escalating chaos, to which Jesus offers himself as a victim and calls us to do the same.
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11 June, 2023
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Ethics, Faith, Fear, Healing, Purity, Righteousness
Scripture: Matthew
Jesus calls us to follow him in being a contagious force for love and mercy rather than fearfully quarantining ourselves from bad influences.
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4 June, 2023
What does the first creation story in Genesis look like through a decolonised lens? We hear insights from First Nations scholars who reveal the life-giving power of Spirit and Land together.
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28 May, 2023
Preacher: Joel Sierra
Topic: Formation, Holy Spirit, Love, Spiritual Disciplines
Scripture: Ephesians
Repetition of everything God-like is an important pathway to Christian maturity.
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21 May, 2023
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Hope, Prayer, Spiritual Disciplines, Spirituality
When God closes one chapter before opening another, the time in between is a time for prayer and entering into the life of God.
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18 May, 2023
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discernment, Jesus, Reconciliation, Resurrection, Salvation, Spirituality
Jesus calls us to look to the new things God is doing and seeks to humbly cooperate with them and bear witness to them.
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14 May, 2023
Preacher: Francesca D Nuzzolese
Scripture: Matthew
In the most hidden and dark places, God is at work.
