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Topic: Evil
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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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.
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29 May, 2005
In the face of human evil, God has made a personal commitment to persevere in loving us and drawing us towards fulfilment.
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27 February, 2005
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Evil, Fullness of Life, Love, Spiritual Disciplines, Suffering, Temptation
Our struggles against evil, temptation and suffering are all framed by the security of God’s unshakable love and resolve to bring us safely to fullness of life.
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14 September, 2004
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Crucifixion, Death, Evil, Faith, Love
Scripture: Colossians, Genesis, Luke
The Cross is the tree at which we come to know the fullness of good and evil, and as we choose to bear the consequences of good and evil, it becomes for us the tree of life.
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7 March, 2004
In the face of powerful evil, our choice like Jesus’s choice is between the natural human instincts of flight or fight, and the third way of obedience to God.
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27 April, 2003
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Evil, Forgiveness, Grace, Healing, Jesus, Resurrection, Suffering
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, John
As the victim of the ultimate in human evil, the risen Christ is the One who can offer the complete forgiveness, to us, and through us to the rest of the world.
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30 March, 2003
Christ crucified is both a sign of the ultimate consequence of evil, and of the ultimate victory of Christ over evil through the power of suffering love.
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9 February, 2003
The demonic forces of our culture and time colonise our lives but if we turn to Christ, he will drive away the demons and fill us with his Spirit. His truth will set us free.
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4 November, 2001
Faced with the callous injustice of the world, it takes tenacious trust in the vision of God’s just reign to survive.
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16 September, 2001
Destructive evil is all around us and within us, but God has not given up on us.
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27 August, 2000
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Evil, Power, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Warfare
Scripture: Ephesians
The forces seeking to destroy any chance of real Christian living are formidable, but so are the weapons God gives us.
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7 July, 1996
Sin is a seemingly objective force for evil within us that can only be addressed when it’s out in the open before a merciful God.