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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19 March, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abundance, Conversion, Faith, Forgiveness, Grace, Jesus, Love, Salvation
Our deepest thirst will never be satisfied by cautious morality and religious compliance, but it will be abundantly quenched when we drink deeply of the living water of joyous intimacy that Jesus pours out freely.
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13 March, 2017
Journey is a powerful metaphor for the spiritual life. A spiritual journey changes us, we learn more about what life is all about and who we really are.
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5 March, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conversion, Discipleship, Humility, Lent, Temptation
Lent is a recurring reminder of the fragility of our discipleship in the face of tempting shortcuts and instant gratifications.
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26 February, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Church, Discernment, Evil, Failure, Faithfulness, Law
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Matthew
While the final judgement of each individual is rightly left to God, we are called to ensure that we are found to be loving, merciful and trustworthy by the world around us.
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19 February, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Jesus, Love, peace, Reconciliation
Scripture: Matthew
Although often dismissed as utopian nonsense, Jesus’s teachings about non-retaliation and love of enemies are the key to the salvation of the world.
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12 February, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Evil, Hope, Reconciliation, Sacrifice
Scripture: Matthew
We make a devilish mistake when we project the origins of hell onto God. Jesus calls us to follow him into a new way of life that will save us from plunging into the hells of our own making.
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5 February, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faithfulness, Law, Love
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Matthew
The world finds the message of Jesus almost incomprehensible because it seems too simplistic and unrealistic to be taken seriously.
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29 January, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Matthew, Micah
Jesus did not come to be the ultimate sacrifice that would appease God, but to show us, once and for all, that God does not want sacrifices at all, but lives of love, mercy and compassion.
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15 January, 2017
“Jesus Christ the Lamb of God”: These are such familiar words. We sing them almost every Sunday – but do we really understand what they mean or have they just become another Christian cliché for us?
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8 January, 2017
Preacher: Margie Dahl
Topic: Baptism, Conversion, Discipleship, Holy Spirit, Jesus
Scripture: Matthew
Baptism is a magnificent gift, far surpassing anything we could imagine or devise, for ultimately it is God’s chosen means of self giving to us.
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1 January, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
In the violence and suffering that surround the Christmas story, we find the revelation of a God who does not inflict violence and suffering, but suffers violence to bring love and peace.
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24 December, 2016
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Christmas, Incarnation, Jesus, peace, Reconciliation
Jesus is the Word – what God has to say – who reveals true humanity and illuminates our path to becoming fully and truly human.

