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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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2 July, 2017
What we do with our children is one of the great tests of our faithfulness to the God of Jesus, and tragically, child sacrifice is common in our society.
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25 June, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Death, Evil, Faithfulness, Fear, Grace, Hope, Love, Resurrection
In a world infested by terror and fear, Jesus tells us that becoming the victims of that world is not nearly as dangerous as becoming part of it.
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11 June, 2017
Baptism is to the Christian life as a wedding is to the married life – an ongoing symbol of the vowed and relational life in God.
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4 June, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Holy Spirit, Love, peace, Reconciliation, Salvation
Scripture: Acts
The Spirit of Jesus unites us across previously hostile boundaries and teaches us a language of liberating love.
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28 May, 2017
Preacher: Phil Gale
Topic: Discernment, Discipleship, Faithfulness
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Acts, John
Allowing ourselves to be shaped by the teaching and testimony passed down from the Apostles protects us from falling for the idea that the gospel is a marketable means of gratifying our wishes.
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21 May, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Grace, Hope, Jesus, Love, Resurrection
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, John
Following Jesus has nothing to do with trying to be good. His love and hope are gifts, rather than demands, and they free us to love and hope freely.
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14 May, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Acts
True martyrs are those who are killed because their love, truthfulness and forgiveness are intolerable, not those who die killing for their cause.
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7 May, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abundance, Faith, Grace, Hospitality, Jesus
Jesus gives us an abundance of all that we need, and when we learn to trust that, we are set free from rivalry and possessiveness and enabled to share generously.
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30 April, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conversion, Failure, Grace, Grief, Hope, Jesus, Reconciliation, Resurrection, Salvation
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Luke
Meeting us on the road of despair, Jesus reveals to us that suffering and defeat are God’s means of bringing new life and hope.
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15 April, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Matthew
Jesus died an apparent failure, but in his resurrection, the failure’s power over us is broken for ever.
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2 April, 2017
Jesus calls us to believe that he is the resurrection and the life, not just in theory, but in relation to everything that is dead or dying within us.
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26 March, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conversion, Forgiveness, Grace, Healing, Jesus, Reconciliation, Sin
Scripture: John
Jesus subverts our concepts of sin and offers to open our eyes and free us from it all.
