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Topic: Mission
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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23 December, 2012
Like Mary, we are called to participate in God’s recreation and blessing of the world, and when we comprehend that call, we will, like Mary, explode with joy.
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22 July, 2012
Preacher: Ian Cook
Topic: Generosity, Grace, Hospitality, Mercy, Mission, Service
Scripture: Ephesians
God calls us to welcome and care for “the strangers” the refugees and asylum seekers in our midst.
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2 August, 2009
Our One God and Father feeds us with one bread so that we might grow up into Christ and be the missional community the Spirit is leading us to become.
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10 July, 2005
God calls us to live out the gospel, not just to think about, not just to pray about it, but to live it. Jesus called us to action, not to change their thinking but to change their lives.
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10 April, 2005
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Forgiveness, Hospitality, Mission, Repentance
The decision to repent and accept Christ’s gift of forgiveness and life involves a life change which includes a new willingness to honour and serve Christ in the stranger.
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16 January, 2005
We are humble servants who are strengthened and empowered by the Spirit to enter into the redeeming work of God.
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18 April, 2004
The experience of the resurrected Christ may not be as instantly transformative as we’ve often thought, but those who seek Christ’s self-revelation will grow into his mission.
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20 July, 2003
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Ephesians, Mark
The answers to the questions about our future directions are not easy, but we can trust the God who holds our future in his hands.
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6 July, 2003
Rediscovering the mission of Jesus is one pathway through which we might re-enter the experience of dependence on God.
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18 May, 2003
Preacher: Garry Worete Deverell
Topic: Jesus, Mission, Service, Spirituality
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, Acts, John
God has promised that if we stay connected to him, then he will give us the energy and the love to go out from our comfort-zones into the alien territory of those who need God’s love most of all.
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4 May, 2003
The experience of resurrection results in joy and mission.
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15 July, 2001
Preacher: Garry Worete Deverell
Topic: Abuse, Grace, Mission, Prayer, Spiritual Disciplines, Spirituality
God has ordained that the work of God should flow from a deep and abiding being with God, from a baptism in the love which holds all things together in Christ.