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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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9 February, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Communion, Discernment, Jesus, Reconciliation, Sin, Unity
Scripture: 1 Corinthians
Jesus calls us to unite as his body around his table, and if we come to the table without seeking that unity, we dishonour Jesus.
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2 February, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Children, Discipleship, Faithfulness, Formation, Healing, Humility, Jesus, judgement, Leadership, Unity
Scripture: Matthew
Jesus calls us to follow his lead in bringing healing, hope and positive leadership to others, and not to be too worried about anxious and vexatious criticism.
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26 January, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Culture, Discipleship, Faithfulness, Hope, Jesus, Reconciliation
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Isaiah, Matthew
Jesus calls us to neither conservatism nor iconoclasm, but to a faithful reckoning with the gifts and the sins of the past as we welcome and adapt to the new.
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19 January, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Humility, Law, peace, Reconciliation
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Matthew
Godly love and respect doesn’t prevent disagreements in the church community, but it should enable us to address them without having to call in the lawyers.
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6 January, 2020
God’s people are called to generously share their gifts, but also to humbly receive the gifts that are offered to us from unexpected sources.
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5 January, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Christmas, Fear, Grief, Hope, Incarnation, Suffering
In the face of monumental devastation and suffering, God speaks a word, and the word becomes flesh.
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29 December, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, Joshua, Matthew
When God is moving to do something new among us, it almost always seems scandalous, immoral and offensive to many, and is just as likely to involve those who are regarded as morally suspect.
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24 December, 2019
The Christmas stories assure us that Jesus is the one who brings light into our darkness.
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22 December, 2019
Faithful waiting for for the fulfilment of God’s promises can leave us feeling compromised and alienated in the world around us.
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15 December, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Matthew
The coming kingdom culture confronts the world’s violence by redemptively suffering and absorbing it, not by reciprocating it with even greater violence.
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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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1 December, 2019
We can face the unknown future with confidence because we know that the one who holds the future loves us and can be trusted.
