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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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22 October, 2023
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Conflict, Conversion, Grace, peace, Politics, Repentance, Terror, Violence
Scripture: 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Matthew
If we keep imitating one another, paying back violence with vengeance, the world will be consumed in an escalating fury, but Jesus rescues us and gives us a life-giving example to follow.
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17 September, 2023
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Forgiveness, judgement, Mercy, Politics, Violence
God’s offer of unlimited forgiveness creates a new world in which we are free to stop judging one another and turning on one another and spiralling into violence and hatred.
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20 November, 2022
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conflict, Crucifixion, Culture, Jesus, Law, Leadership, Politics, Purity
Scripture: Colossians, Jeremiah, Luke
Jesus comes to break us free from oppressive understandings of God and of God’s expectations of us.
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11 September, 2022
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abuse, Forgiveness, Grace, Leadership, Politics, Sacrifice, Service
Scripture: 1 & 2 Timothy, Psalms
Our unwitting abusive treatment of the Royal family is a symptom of our entanglement in systemic persecution.
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22 May, 2022
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Revelation
Much traditional morality is based on the idea of separation into binary categories, good and bad, but the Bible also points a path towards a liberating non-binary future in God.
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21 November, 2021
If we are to call Christ a King and still remain faithful to him, we must begin with the subversion of the very concept of kingship that Jesus points to when he is questioned by Pilate.
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10 January, 2021
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Baptism, Jesus, Leadership, Politics, Service
In baptism we are anointed to reign with Christ over a new creation, but it is a reign of suffering servanthood, not of reckless force.
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15 November, 2020
In the face of global suffering, we continue to give praise for the power that is working on the side of love, and we unite our power with God’s power until we see God’s will being done.
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18 October, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Self-interested leaders will frequently manufacture frightening images of an angry dangerous God to silence opposition and maintain their grip on power, but Jesus opens our eyes to these abuses and to the reality of a God of incorruptible love.
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13 October, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Faithfulness, Fullness of Life, Hope, Incarnation, Jesus, Politics
Scripture: Jeremiah
When God calls us to invest in the places we live, it is a call to active agents of positive change, not compliant patriots.
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15 September, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Conversion, Creation, Politics, Salvation
The threat of extreme climate change can only be averted with a major spiritual transformation, and Jesus shows the way.
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27 January, 2019
I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which… read more
