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Sermons
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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22 July, 2018
Our common access to God through Christ breaks down walls of hostility, but we need to resist the universal impulse to build new ones.
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15 July, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Ephesians, Mark
Glimpses of the transformed world that God makes possible transfix us and leave us hungering for more.
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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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1 July, 2018
Preacher: Cameron Cutts
Reflections on the L’arche Melbourne Community’s pilgrimage to Uluru in celebration of their 40 years in Australia.
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24 June, 2018
Preacher: John Fowler
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Mark
We are called to focus on Jesus – not the battles or the storms of life. Nothing is too big or too rough for God.
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3 June, 2018
Jesus calls us to move beyond hostile identity politics, whether shaped by Sabbath keeping or #Outrage, and to welcome a new culture of love, forgiveness and welcome.
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27 May, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
The doctrine of the Trinity helps us to see that, though exalted and transcendent, God is nevertheless close and personally involved with us.
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20 May, 2018
The Holy Spirit fills the church with gifts, not only for its own sake, but so that it might be a gift to the world.
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13 May, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Faithfulness, Jesus, peace, Reconciliation, Worship
Scripture: John
Jesus’s priestly identity and mission have been passed on to us and are to be seen in our prayer and our lives.
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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.
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29 April, 2018
Tonight we farewelled Peter from our congregation as he moves north, and he shared his reflections of what his time in this church has meant to him.
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22 April, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Church, Grace, Jesus, Love, Reconciliation
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, John
In his own demonstration of self-sacrificial love, Jesus has shown us what God is like and called us to love God and one another by loving likewise.
