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Book: Jeremiah
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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20 November, 2022
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conflict, Crucifixion, Culture, Jesus, Law, Leadership, Politics, Purity
Scripture: Colossians, Jeremiah, Luke
Jesus comes to break us free from oppressive understandings of God and of God’s expectations of us.
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16 October, 2022
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faithfulness, Hope
Scripture: 1 & 2 Timothy, Jeremiah, Luke
God has promised a time of resurrection and renewal, and has given us guidance for living faithfully in the meantime.
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28 November, 2021
Christ calls us to be alert for his salvific coming in the midst of the terrors of the here and now, not just in the past and future.
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21 March, 2021
Preacher: Andrea Klimt
Topic: Hope, Resurrection, Suffering
Christian hope is rooted in suffering that does not remain unanswered. God answers in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, ensuring that everything will not only be fine, it will be better.
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5 January, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Christmas, Fear, Grief, Hope, Incarnation, Suffering
In the face of monumental devastation and suffering, God speaks a word, and the word becomes flesh.
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20 October, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Authority, Bible, Discernment, Faithfulness, Law, Love
Scripture: 1 & 2 Timothy, Jeremiah
Reading scripture with God’s people keeps us honest as we seek to interpret and live by God’s law written on our hearts.
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13 October, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Faithfulness, Fullness of Life, Hope, Incarnation, Jesus, Politics
Scripture: Jeremiah
When God calls us to invest in the places we live, it is a call to active agents of positive change, not compliant patriots.
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29 September, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Depression, Fear, Grief, Healing, Jesus, Resurrection, Suffering
Scripture: 1 & 2 Timothy, Jeremiah
There are plenty of reasons to despair of the future, but Jeremiah and Jesus show us a pathway of hope that overcomes despair.
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22 September, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Depression, Faithfulness, Fear, Grief, Hope, Jesus, Suffering
Scripture: Jeremiah
Facing an epidemic of depression and despair, Jesus calls us to follow on a tear-stained path of prophetic faithfulness.
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15 September, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Conversion, Creation, Politics, Salvation
The threat of extreme climate change can only be averted with a major spiritual transformation, and Jesus shows the way.
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1 September, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Culture, Discipleship, Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Jesus
Faithfulness to God means sticking to the ways in which Jesus has led us, but we are constantly tempted to idolise his name while avoiding his ways.
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17 February, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faithfulness, Jesus, Virtues
Most of us are addicted to achieving results and success, and it is crippling us. Jesus leads us towards an unexpected and almost unrecognisable freedom.
