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Topic: Communion
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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21 October, 2012
In the sacraments, Jesus constantly calls us to follow him in giving up conventional notions of honour and offer ourselves for the life of the world.
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19 June, 2011
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
The crucified and risen Jesus reveals the truth about the triune God’s grace, love and communion, and calls us to reflect those relationships in our communal life.
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1 May, 2011
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Baptism, Communion, Resurrection, Worship
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, John
United with Christ in baptism we cross the threshold from death to life, and in Eucharist we continue to touch the scars which nourish our faith and inspire our worship.
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17 January, 2010
Jesus says to each one of us “I am the new wine. Feed on me”.
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2 August, 2009
Our One God and Father feeds us with one bread so that we might grow up into Christ and be the missional community the Spirit is leading us to become.
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21 September, 2008
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abundance, Communion, Discipleship, Faithfulness, Gifts, Grace
Scripture: Exodus
The wilderness can seem harsh and threatening, but God is there, ready to nourish us with the bread of heaven.
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15 June, 2008
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Communion, Grace, Hospitality, Love
Christ’s desire to extend hospitality to us, to welcome us at his table, is so great that he will give even his own life to bring us into the experience of his love. This is the pattern for our call to hospitality too.
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20 August, 2006
Jesus invites us to find our communion in the violence done to him instead of in doing violence to others.
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23 July, 2006
When we recognise Christ’s presence in the Eucharistic liturgy, we will bring the sick in search of healing.
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10 June, 2001
Preacher: Garry Worete Deverell
Topic: Communion, Identity, Relationships, Trinity
The Trinitarian stories resemble the dreaming of Australia’s Aborigines, for both imagine the divine as a community of being in which we are invited to participate, and so find our true being.
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11 July, 1999
Flesh and matter are means of communion with God, but to set the mind on them for their own sakes denudes them of value and us of dignity.
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24 August, 1997
The Gospel made known in Jesus draws us, body, mind and spirit into the full life of God. This totality of involvement scares off many people, but there is no other way to life.