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Topic: Bible
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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12 October, 2014
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
There are many stories in the Bible that can appear to portray God as involved in terrorist acts, but Jesus invites us to read them in new ways.
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4 May, 2014
The crucified and risen Jesus teaches us to interpret the whole Bible through his eyes.
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9 February, 2014
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Bible, Discipleship, Formation, Righteousness
The righteousness give to us in Christ, and which we grow into in our following of him, fulfils and exceeds the trajectory set by the biblical law and prophets.
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20 October, 2013
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Bible, Formation, Jesus, Prayer, Spiritual Disciplines
Scripture: 1 & 2 Timothy
The Bible can be used to justify anything, but when it is approached humbly as a place of prayerful encounter with the risen Christ, it is alive with the breath of God and leads us to life.
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22 April, 2012
The foundation of our faith is in a living Christ who enables us to understand the Bible, rather than in a Bible that enables us to understand a dead Christ.
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23 October, 2011
Jesus recognises that there are different ways of interpreting the Bible that lead to different understandings of God and of following God, and he demonstrates the principles by which he would have us read it.
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24 January, 2010
The reading of scripture is one of the most important places where God has promised to become present and known to us.
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9 December, 2001
Hope is a courageous and active stance towards life which is nourished in those who attend to the voice of God in Scripture.
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10 September, 2000
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Bible, Discipleship, Economics, Justice, Prayer
The Bible highlights the consequences of the world’s unjust economic system, and we, as the church, are called to find ways of living out our prayer for justice.
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13 April, 1997
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Bible, Formation, Jesus, Spiritual Disciplines, Spirituality
Scripture: Luke
It is in a developing relationship with Jesus Christ that our minds will be opened to understand the scriptures, just as happened for the disciples of Jesus.