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Book: Romans
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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28 August, 2011
Are we, individually and together, focused on the things that we can be doing, that will enable us to embrace and nurture the growth of Christ’s values, withstanding opposition to them?
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21 August, 2011
We have to choose between being squeezed into the world’s mould or re-moulded from within by God.
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3 July, 2011
Preacher: Alison Sampson
Topic: Faithfulness, Formation, Spiritual Disciplines
Staying true to the disciplines of ordinary faithfulness is part of our calling as we follow the way of Jesus Christ; and engaging in them eases our burdens considerably.
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27 March, 2011
Social labels and divisions keep us parched and thirsting for intimacy and community, but Jesus seeks to break through them and give us the living water of love and acceptance.
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8 March, 2009
Hope is the melody of the future – Faith dances to it today
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31 August, 2008
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Jesus, Reconciliation, Salvation, Suffering, Vocation
Jesus commits himself to the path of redemptive suffering in preference to either fight or flight, and he calls us to follow him in that commitment.
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24 August, 2008
The once and for all sacrifice of Christ and our living sacrifice of ourselves are becoming one sacrifice as we and Christ become one.
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21 June, 2008
In Baptism, Christ has united us with himself in his death to sin and his resurrection to radically new life.
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15 June, 2008
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Communion, Grace, Hospitality, Love
Christ’s desire to extend hospitality to us, to welcome us at his table, is so great that he will give even his own life to bring us into the experience of his love. This is the pattern for our call to hospitality too.
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8 June, 2008
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conversion, Discipleship, Resurrection, Vocation
You might have been written off as a dead loss (even by yourself), but only respond to the call of Christ, and you will live!
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9 December, 2007
God’s merciful and all-inclusive love is steadfast, not arbitrary, and so fills us with hope in the coming Christ.
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25 February, 2007
The Catechumenate, and the annual Lenten journey, are about writing the Word of God into our hearts so that it can protect us from evil and bear fruits of righteousness.