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Book: 1 & 2 Samuel
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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29 July, 2018
All of us, men especially, share responsibility for confronting and changing the culture that enables men to feel entitled to rape, and Jesus leads us into the new culture that sets us all free.
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15 July, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Ephesians, Mark
Glimpses of the transformed world that God makes possible transfix us and leave us hungering for more.
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24 June, 2018
Preacher: John Fowler
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Mark
We are called to focus on Jesus – not the battles or the storms of life. Nothing is too big or too rough for God.
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9 August, 2015
When we respond to the call to model our lives on his life, the life of the One who has seen the Father, then, like him, we must not sidestep or avoid suffering.
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26 July, 2015
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abundance, Economics, Generosity, Grace, Jesus
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, John
Jesus rejects the opportunity to fulfil our hopes and expectations in order that he might give us more than we thought possible.
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19 July, 2015
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Empire, Hospitality, peace, Reconciliation
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Ephesians
Building impressive buildings can be about a desire to monopolise and contain God, whereas God wants us to break down any walls that divide and exclude anyone.
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5 July, 2015
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Leadership, Power, Weakness
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, 2 Corinthians, Mark
God is most likely and able to work through those who accept their own weakness and don’t try to forcefully assert their own power and influence.
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14 June, 2015
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Culture, Faithfulness, Hospitality
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, 2 Corinthians, Mark
God calls us to faithful expressions of the Culture of God which usually look unimpressive and unruly when judged by the world’s usual standards of success.
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30 March, 2014
God’s refining work is done not through judgement and punishment, but through the transforming power of love.
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5 August, 2012
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Anger, Discernment, Jesus, Justice
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Ephesians, John
If God seems unjust, we can and should question God’s integrity, for God welcomes our questions in order that the falsehoods might be stripped away and the truth revealed.
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15 July, 2012
Preacher: Alison Sampson
Topic: Abundance, Commitment, Fullness of Life, Generosity, Gratitude, Worship
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Ephesians
God calls us to live exuberantly, generously reflecting the good things God has done and becoming model citizens in the reign of God.
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24 June, 2012
On our own we are powerless to deal with many of the things that confront us, but when we recognise that and make ourselves available for whatever God wants to do, all kinds of scary things may actually be possible.
