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Sermons

  • Radical Forgiveness in a World at War

    17 September, 2023

    Radical Forgiveness in a World at War

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Forgiveness, judgement, Mercy, Politics, Violence

    Scripture: Exodus, Matthew, Romans

    God’s offer of unlimited forgiveness creates a new world in which we are free to stop judging one another and turning on one another and spiralling into violence and hatred.

  • Owe only Love

    10 September, 2023

    Owe only Love

    Preacher: Will Small

    Topic: Church, Community, Law, Love, Relationships

    Scripture: Romans

    When we approach everyone with meet with the conviction that the one thing we owe them is love, Christianity will again be experienced as good news.

  • Burning Identity Questions

    3 September, 2023

    Burning Identity Questions

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Identity

    Scripture: Exodus, Matthew

    Our true identity is only found when we discover that it is not about us, but that we are only truly anyone in relation to the God who is everything, and who is not the opposite of anything.

  • Who do YOU say I am?

    27 August, 2023

    Who do YOU say I am?

    Preacher: Karen Quah

    Scripture: Matthew

    We respond to Jesus in different ways at different times, because we are not fully integrated in ourselves, but God loves us in all our fragmented parts.

  • Recognising Patterns of Change

    20 August, 2023

    Recognising Patterns of Change

    Preacher: Josh Dowton

    Topic: Discernment, Grace, Jesus, Law, Liberation

    Scripture: Acts, Matthew

    Looking for emerging patterns can help us (and Jesus?) recognise the ways that God is opening new pathways of grace and inclusion.

  • Out on the Water

    13 August, 2023

    Out on the Water

    Preacher: Debie Thomas

    Topic: Doubt, Faith, Fear, Grace, Jesus

    Scripture: Matthew

    Jesus never stops crossing the menacing water to come to where we are, saying: “Take courage. It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

  • Follow the Tiger

    6 August, 2023

    Follow the Tiger

    Preacher: Richard Fabian

    Topic: Abundance, Economics, Food, Generosity, Grace, Hospitality, Stewardship

    Scripture: Matthew

    God’s Providence usually works by people, moved by the Spirit of God, sharing when they have more above their own needs.

  • Offspring not Orphans

    30 July, 2023

    Offspring not Orphans

    Preacher: Cheryl Williams

    Topic: Children, Compassion, Healing, Holy Spirit, Relationships

    Scripture: Acts, John

    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.

  • Stairway to Heaven or Highway to Hell?

    23 July, 2023

    Stairway to Heaven or Highway to Hell?

    Preacher: Orestes Roca

    Topic: Blessing, Grace, Hope, Spirituality

    Scripture: Genesis

    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.

  • A sower went out to sow

    16 July, 2023

    A sower went out to sow

    Preacher: John Sampson

    Scripture: Matthew

    A sermon on Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 by Dr John Sampson… read more

  • Rest for Restless Souls

    9 July, 2023

    Rest for Restless Souls

    Preacher: Curtis W. Freeman

    Scripture: Matthew

    A sermon on Matthew 11:16-19,25-30 & Romans 7:15-25a by the… read more

  • Alt*red state: A text of terror brings good news

    2 July, 2023

    Alt*red state: A text of terror brings good news

    Preacher: Alison Sampson

    Topic: Abuse, Children, Culture, Sacrifice

    Scripture: Genesis

    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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Open Icon Baptist Church is an inclusive, contemplative congregation of dedicated Jesus-followers, weaving ancient and modern spiritual practices into warmly participatory online Sunday liturgical worship and daily prayer. Based in Melbourne, Australia, but now with members far and wide.

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Open Icon Baptist Church acknowledges that we live on unceded Aboriginal lands, many of us on the lands of the Boonwurrung and Wurundjeri peoples. We express our gratitude at the sharing of this land; our sorrow for the personal, spiritual, and cultural cost of that sharing; and the hope that we may walk together in harmony in the spirit of reconciliation.

Open Icon Baptist Church is affiliated with both the Open Baptists and the Baptist Union of Victoria.


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