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Book: Colossians
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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31 December, 2006
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Commitment, Identity, Jesus, Spirituality
Scripture: Colossians, Luke
With Jesus as our pattern, we find a new identity in our uncompromising allegiance to God’s ways.
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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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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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5 August, 2001
Preacher: Garry Worete Deverell
Topic: Conversion, Formation, Spirituality, Wisdom
Scripture: Colossians, Luke
God calls us to detach, to empty ourselves of desire, to die with Christ, so that we may truly welcome Christ when he returns to his appointed home in our hearts and souls.
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29 July, 2001
In baptism we are joined to Christ and we now live as he leads, and celebrate the freedom of others to do so also.
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19 July, 1998
Our experience of being reconciled to God through Christ provides the inspiration and the model for the work of reconciliation across the various divides within our world.
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23 July, 1995
Christ is the image of God and our goal is that all grow to maturity in the image of Christ.