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Topic: Resurrection
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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18 April, 2021
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conversion, Forgiveness, Grace, Repentance, Resurrection
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, Acts, Luke
We mostly don’t see ourselves as either terrible sinners or as gloriously Christ-like, but in the resurrection we are called to fully imagine both as world-changing truths.
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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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3 April, 2021
It is in the midst of our tears that we discover that Jesus is not dead, but more alive than ever.
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21 March, 2021
Preacher: Andrea Klimt
Topic: Hope, Resurrection, Suffering
Christian hope is rooted in suffering that does not remain unanswered. God answers in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, ensuring that everything will not only be fine, it will be better.
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26 April, 2020
Preacher: Roslyn Wright
Topic: Discernment, Discipleship, Faithfulness, Hope, Jesus, Resurrection
Scripture: Luke
Like the Emmaus travellers, Jesus calls us to pay attention to what is happening in these strange times, to what makes our hearts burn within us, and so to be changed ready to live differently.
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19 April, 2020
Jesus’s encounter with Thomas and the first disciples can show us a thing or two about living under lockdown and hoping for a miracle to save us.
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11 April, 2020
Preacher: Joel Sierra
Topic: Grace, Hope, Incarnation, Resurrection, Salvation
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Matthew
As Woody Allen said, 90% of success is just showing up, and in the resurrection, Jesus really shows up!
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29 March, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Death, Fear, Fullness of Life, Grief, Hope, Jesus, Lent, Resurrection
Jesus leads the way towards a new experience of life that is so utterly alive that death is powerless to threaten, limit or constrain it.
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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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29 September, 2019
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Depression, Fear, Grief, Healing, Jesus, Resurrection, Suffering
Scripture: 1 & 2 Timothy, Jeremiah
There are plenty of reasons to despair of the future, but Jeremiah and Jesus show us a pathway of hope that overcomes despair.
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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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30 May, 2019
Preacher: Fr Brian Buckley
Topic: Hope, Jesus, Resurrection
In Christ’s ascension onto the mysterious cloud, we are gathered together into his mysterious presence.
