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Topic: Empire
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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13 June, 2021
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Culture, Empire, Grace, Hospitality, Jesus, Spiritual Warfare
Scripture: Mark
The culture of God rises in defiance of the empires of this world, but it will look more like an annoying outbreak of self-sown, invasive weeds than an alternative empire.
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29 November, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Commitment, Discernment, Empire, Jesus, Power, Prophesy, Spiritual Warfare
Jesus calls us to resist the satanic desire to credit violence and disaster with meaning, and instead to acknowledge meaning and truth only in God’s suffering love and mercy.
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29 November, 2015
In the fact of the climate apocalypse, we hold on to our hope: hoping and working for the radical, impossible change that is necessary.
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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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16 May, 2010
Preacher: Garry Worete Deverell
Topic: Culture, Empire, Exploitation, Liberation, Love
We are called to privilege the God of love and liberation over the economic realities of dog-eat-dog capitalism, and prevent that ‘reality’ colonising the truth of love with its divide-and-conquer business plan.
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26 November, 2006
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Commitment, Discipleship, Empire, Jesus, Politics, Power
Scripture: John
To name Christ as King is to identify ourselves as dissenters to the claims of any other authority.
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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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26 November, 2000
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: John
When we call Jesus King, we may not know what we’re saying.
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26 November, 1995
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
In a world where both monarchy and presidential democracy have lost touch with the needs of the people, Christ shows a Kingship that is expressed in solidarity with our suffering and raises us to royal dignity.
