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Sermons

  • Could Hannah Gadsby be the Messiah?

    16 December, 2018

    Could Hannah Gadsby be the Messiah?

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Anger, Conversion, Culture, Faithfulness, Holy Spirit, Hope

    Scripture: Luke

    Angry prophets who tell us the hard-to-hear truth about ourselves pave the way for a new world to emerge.

  • The Wilderness Way

    9 December, 2018

    The Wilderness Way

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Baptism, Conversion, Discernment, Formation, Holy Spirit, Hope, Leadership, Repentance

    Scripture: Luke, Malachi

    The task of being changed into what God calls us to be involves a radical break with the established norms of our world.

  • Earth-shattering Expectations

    2 December, 2018

    Earth-shattering Expectations

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Apocalypse, Christmas, Hope

    Scripture: Luke

    The coming of Christ to transform the present world into the Kingdom of God will be earth-shattering, but we easily lose sight of it in our anticipation of “another Christmas”.

  • Fake News and a Kingdom of Truth

    25 November, 2018

    Fake News and a Kingdom of Truth

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Anger, Culture, Fear, Identity, Jesus, Leadership, Love, Politics

    Scripture: John

    In the face of a politics grounded in nationalist arrogance and fake news, Jesus proclaims a ‘kingdom’ grounded in shared humanity and truth.

  • As It All Comes Crashing Down

    18 November, 2018

    As It All Comes Crashing Down

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Apocalypse, Culture, Hope, Jesus

    Scripture: Mark

    The collapse of the institutional church and other social structures will be painful for all of us, but it is not ultimately a threat to mission of Jesus.

  • Leaving a Legacy

    11 November, 2018

    Leaving a Legacy

    Preacher: Roslyn Wright

    Topic: Death, Gifts, Gratitude, Hope, Love

    Scripture: Psalms

    What is the legacy you will leave? Live into life and love the way you want it to be, because whatever you choose will live on after you. 

  • Happy Ever After, or not

    28 October, 2018

    Happy Ever After, or not

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Discipleship, Doubt, Grief, Hope, Jesus, Suffering

    Scripture: Job, Mark

    Suffering raises painful unanswerable questions, but Jesus leads us into a life where the sharing of our honest questions is part of shaping a community of healing and hope.

  • Prima-donnas and Exuberant Children

    21 October, 2018

    Prima-donnas and Exuberant Children

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Discipleship, Faithfulness, Fullness of Life, Humility, Jesus

    Scripture: Mark

    There is nothing wrong with an eager desire for a special closeness to Jesus. Jesus is eager to fulfil such desires, but warns us of the cost of sticking with him.

  • The Word that Lays us Bare

    14 October, 2018

    The Word that Lays us Bare

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Discernment, Faithfulness

    Scripture: Hebrews

    When God is seeking to communicate with us, we usually need the prayerful support of others to help ensure that we remain open to hearing what God is calling us to.

  • Getting a Good Look at God

    7 October, 2018

    Getting a Good Look at God

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Communion, Forgiveness, Jesus, Love, Suffering

    Scripture: Hebrews

    When we want to know what God is like, our primary source of information is Jesus.

  • Healing and Sin

    30 September, 2018

    Healing and Sin

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Faith, Healing, Sin

    Scripture: James

    Sickness and sin are similar and related disorders from which Jesus comes to to heal and save us.

  • The Kingdom as Kids’ Stuff

    23 September, 2018

    The Kingdom as Kids’ Stuff

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Children, Culture, Hospitality, Jesus, Love

    Scripture: Mark

    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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Open Icon Baptist Church is an inclusive, contemplative congregation of dedicated Jesus-followers, weaving ancient and modern spiritual practices into warmly participatory online Sunday liturgical worship and daily prayer. Based in Melbourne, Australia, but now with members far and wide.

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Open Icon Baptist Church acknowledges that we live on unceded Aboriginal lands, many of us on the lands of the Boonwurrung and Wurundjeri peoples. We express our gratitude at the sharing of this land; our sorrow for the personal, spiritual, and cultural cost of that sharing; and the hope that we may walk together in harmony in the spirit of reconciliation.

Open Icon Baptist Church is affiliated with both the Open Baptists and the Baptist Union of Victoria.


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