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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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31 May, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Gifts, Holy Spirit, Hospitality, Reconciliation, Unity
Scripture: Acts
El Espíritu de Jesús nos une a través de límites 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.) -
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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3 November, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conversion, Grace, Hospitality, Humility, Jesus, Love, Salvation
Scripture: Luke
Christ’s gratuitous forgiveness and acceptance always manage to scandalise us, but it is our willingness to embrace them that saves us.
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18 August, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faith, Faithfulness, Hope, Hospitality
Lived faith is the way to life in God, but it passes through a baptism of fire.
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14 July, 2019
I want to look today at the story Jesus told… read more
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30 June, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Anger, Apocalypse, Grace, Hospitality, Jesus, Reconciliation, Repentance
The instinct to call down fire on those we perceive as God’s enemies is a “fruit of the flesh” that must be supplanted by the fruits of love.
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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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3 February, 2019
Jesus possesses an astonishing freedom in God and will not be used to justify causes of nation, religion, status quo, or even his own family and friends.
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23 September, 2018
Children are a sign of the Kingdom, and our capacity to welcome them is a measure of our capacity to welcome the culture of God.
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9 September, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Children, Hospitality, Jesus, Love, Reconciliation
Scripture: Mark
Jesus opens himself to the experience of those who are excluded and responds with a radical opening of the Table of God’s communion.
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8 July, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Failure, Faithfulness, Fear, Grace, Hospitality, Humility, Identity, judgement, Unity, Virtues
Scripture: 2 Corinthians, Mark
Pretending to be better than we are alienates us from God and one another. Being open and real about our weaknesses and failures open us to God and one another.
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6 May, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Authority, Grace, Hospitality, Jesus, Reconciliation
Rather than close the book on who can and cannot be accepted into the church, the Bible calls us to follow Jesus on a path of continually expanding inclusion.
