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Topic: Holy Spirit
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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31 May, 2020
Preacher: Lina Toth (Andronoviene)
Topic: Gifts, Holy Spirit, peace, Reconciliation
The Holy Spirit breaks out of the boxes that our limited languages construct, surprising us with new messages of hope and freedom and life.
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31 May, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Gifts, Holy Spirit, Hospitality, Reconciliation, Unity
Scripture: Acts
El EspÃritu de Jesús nos une a través de lÃmites previamente hostiles y nos enseña un lenguaje de amor liberador.
(The Spirit of Jesus unites us across previously hostile boundaries and teaches us a language of liberating love.) -
17 May, 2020
In the worldwide lockdown, we stand on an uncomfortable threshold and wonder where God is. God responds to our need, sending the Holy Spirit to stand with us.
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23 February, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Gifts, Holy Spirit, Love, Prayer, Worship
Scripture: 1 Corinthians
The gift of tongues can be a valuable part of our private spirituality, but the needs of public worship require something more than the private intimacies of our spirituality.
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9 June, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Gifts, Holy Spirit, Hospitality, Love, Reconciliation, Resurrection
The new humanity formed in the death and resurrection of Jesus speaks a language of love and compassion that transcends linguistic and cultural differences and celebrates unity in diversity.
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16 December, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Anger, Conversion, Culture, Faithfulness, Holy Spirit, Hope
Scripture: Luke
Angry prophets who tell us the hard-to-hear truth about ourselves pave the way for a new world to emerge.
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9 December, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Baptism, Conversion, Discernment, Formation, Holy Spirit, Hope, Leadership, Repentance
The task of being changed into what God calls us to be involves a radical break with the established norms of our world.
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27 May, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
The doctrine of the Trinity helps us to see that, though exalted and transcendent, God is nevertheless close and personally involved with us.
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20 May, 2018
The Holy Spirit fills the church with gifts, not only for its own sake, but so that it might be a gift to the world.
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14 January, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discernment, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Law, Virtues
Scripture: 1 Corinthians
Our freedom in Christ renders the law irrelevant as a factor in our relationship with God, but we are set free to grow into union with Christ, not to fall into new slaveries.
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7 January, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Baptism, Grace, Holy Spirit, Jesus
Our longing for God is met in the Holy Spirit who opens heaven to us and makes all things new.
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4 June, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Holy Spirit, Love, peace, Reconciliation, Salvation
Scripture: Acts
The Spirit of Jesus unites us across previously hostile boundaries and teaches us a language of liberating love.
