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Book: Luke
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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10 October, 2004
When we do not live lives of gratitude, which would actually expand our sense of the world in which we live, God still does not rescind his gifts.
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14 September, 2004
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Crucifixion, Death, Evil, Faith, Love
Scripture: Colossians, Genesis, Luke
The Cross is the tree at which we come to know the fullness of good and evil, and as we choose to bear the consequences of good and evil, it becomes for us the tree of life.
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12 September, 2004
Preacher: Marita Munro
Topic: Generosity, Jesus, Reconciliation, Salvation
Scripture: 1 & 2 Timothy, Jeremiah, Luke, Psalms
Jesus acted out the parables that he was telling in his encounters with people, expressing the nature of God who seeks after us and rejoices in our being found and restored. God invites us to be people like that.
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1 August, 2004
Preacher: Garry Worete Deverell
Topic: Conversion, Formation, Spiritual Disciplines, Spirituality, Wisdom
Scripture: Colossians, Luke
When we detach from things, God comes to fill or possess us by God’s Spirit, and suddenly the world is full of life once more.
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11 July, 2004
God has given us a new identity and a new allegiance in his kingdom, and our loyalty is now to truth and compassion regardless of their consequences for the interests of any other communities or kingdoms.
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20 June, 2004
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Christian ascetic discipline is not about earning God’s acceptance, but about banishing the demons so that we can live life more fully in the here and now.
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14 March, 2004
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Fullness of Life, Repentance, Suffering
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Isaiah, Luke
Repenting of our past ways and following Jesus does not guarantee us safety from disaster, but it certainly opens the way to an abundance of life that is beyond what any disaster can destroy.
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7 March, 2004
In the face of powerful evil, our choice like Jesus’s choice is between the natural human instincts of flight or fight, and the third way of obedience to God.
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8 February, 2004
Extravagant grace can be terrifying because it asks nothing of us but a complete change of life!
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1 February, 2004
God consistently favours love and acceptance over purity, so when we are not sure, it is better to take a risk on love and acceptance.
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11 January, 2004
In baptism Jesus submits himself to his God-given destiny and vocation, and it is by a similar submission to God, allowing Christ to live out his baptismal life in us and for us, that we have life and hope.
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14 December, 2003
Advent faith believes in the possibility of surprise, and that our tragic and repetitive history has a punch-line which will overturn everything that we have been taught to expect.