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Topic: Generosity
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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2 October, 2022
When you know yourself truly beloved by God in Christ, you are freed from fear and shame to live fully and generously and courageously.
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21 August, 2022
Jesus calls all who are worn out from maintaining appearances as hosts to relax into the humility of being guests.
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17 July, 2022
Inviting Christ into your dwelling means being renovated from the inside out.
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15 May, 2022
Preacher: Craig Bartlett
Scripture: Acts
All our dinners are an anticipation of the vision of a new world, where God’s very self dwells with mortals, all are welcomed, and all pain is taken away.
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20 February, 2022
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Fullness of Life, Generosity, Jesus, Love, Worship
Scripture: Luke
God’s generosity provides the context for our worship and the model for our living, especially when we are faced with hostility.
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31 October, 2021
God’s kindness is exceptional, and we too are called to be courageous in exceptional kindness and loyalty.
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8 August, 2021
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Community, Compassion, Conflict, Forgiveness, Generosity, Grace, Mercy, Violence
Scripture: Ephesians
We live in amidst a culture of highly toxic, self-righteous, finger-pointing. Jesus calls us to a radical love which will stop the blame game but still speak transforming truth to those who oppress.
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25 July, 2021
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abundance, Communion, Food, Generosity, Jesus, Sacraments
Scripture: John
The indiscriminate ways Jesus shared and spoke about food broke the rules of his society and the rules of many churches down to this day.
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23 May, 2021
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Generosity, Holy Spirit, Reconciliation, Unity
If we surrender ourselves to the Holy Spirit, we lose some of our inhibitions about social conformity and are liberated to break down the boundaries that keep people apart.
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11 April, 2021
Preacher: Guilherme Almeida
Topic: Generosity, Justice, Mission, Resurrection, Service, Stewardship
Jesus calls us to a Resurrection Imagination, praying for courage and discernment on how to use your resources until the dream of a world where there are no poor among us is fulfilled.
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14 March, 2021
When theology and discipleship follow the path of God, they take us beyond an obsession with borders to a new engagement with the kingdom of God, present and tangible in all the earth.
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9 August, 2020
Preacher: Jennifer Smith
Topic: Abundance, Culture, Faithfulness, Generosity, Gifts, Greed
Scripture: Matthew
Where affluence creates consumers, abundance creates neighbours. It is the ethic of possessions which Jesus commends to us as a promise of how God deals with us.
