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Topic: Apocalypse
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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15 November, 2009
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Discernment, Faithfulness, Hope, Violence
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Hebrews, Mark
A growing incidence of cataclysmic violence is not a sign of God’s activity, but it does call us to hold on to our hope and look for God’s action in small signs of life coming from death.
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15 February, 2009
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Psalms
The unfailing love of God is with us, even in the tragedy, confusion, and anguished questions and doubts.
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8 February, 2009
God is with us to comfort and revive us in the face of horror, but also to challenge us to turn things around.
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2 December, 2007
Amidst the variety of opinions about the Coming Christ, there is a real message of hope that reshapes our lives.
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28 October, 2007
We are bringing upon ourselves a global catastrophe, but the prophet Joel assures us that ultimately God will save his people.
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2 January, 2005
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Christmas, Grief, Incarnation, Suffering
In the face of monumental devastation and suffering, God speaks a word, and the word becomes flesh.
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8 December, 2002
In the midst of horror and despair, Christ arrives with love enough, with peace enough, with hope enough to make things very, very, very different.
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7 October, 2001
Preacher: Garry Worete Deverell
Topic: Anger, Apocalypse, Depression, Faith, Love, Salvation, Suffering
Scripture: Jeremiah, Lamentations, Luke
When the world falls apart, God recognises the pain, the despair, and the anger, and gifts us with faith, with an assurance that God’s power of love will yet prevail, that God will accomplish the justice and the peace we long for.
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22 April, 2001
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Apocalypse, Hope, Mission, Priesthood, Suffering
Scripture: Revelation
Locating our struggles within the bigger picture of God’s purposes can give hope and purpose, but it also places us in a challenging place of priestly mission.