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Topic: Service
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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19 December, 2021
The visitation story is a powerful introduction to the gospel of God’s lavish and overwhelming love for us, and to God’s hospitality as we see it in Jesus.
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17 October, 2021
When we respond to the call to follow Jesus, he asks us to stop and examine our motives. Is it for the life of the world, or for our own benefit?
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25 April, 2021
The more challenging life in this world becomes, the more opportunity for Christians like us to live out the love of God by loving our neighbours.
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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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7 March, 2021
In determining our church’s way forward, we need to discern who we exist to serve, and it shouldn’t just be ourselves.
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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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3 May, 2020
Whatever the future may hold, in rough places AND in smooth, in dark valleys and on sunlit hillsides, the Lord is our shepherd, and will lead us finally to green pastures and still waters.
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15 March, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Fear, Hope, Hospitality, Jesus, Lent, Prayer, Resurrection, Service
The COVID-19 scare can reinforce our Lenten call to prepare our hearts by facing up to our mortality and the real limits of our control over the world.
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8 December, 2019
The imminent arrival of God’s messiah asks each of us to take up the identity of witnesses who open the way for God to be known.
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14 July, 2019
I want to look today at the story Jesus told… read more
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21 January, 2019
Preacher: Samara Pitt
Scripture: 2 Corinthians, Isaiah, John, Psalms
Love names, creation, joyful service and gifts for the common good can be signs of the nature and culture of God.
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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.
