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Topic: Humility
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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27 September, 2015
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Generosity, Grace, Hospitality, Humility, Jesus, Purity, Virtues
Scripture: Mark
Jesus’s invitation is radically open and inclusive, and we need to guard carefully against our own culturally conditioned instincts to start narrowing and policing it.
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8 March, 2015
Preacher: Alison Sampson
When we approach God’s way of life and the Sabbath not as punishment, but as gift, the experience becomes a chance to rest from work and from striving; and to allow space for God through contemplation and re-creation and play.
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4 January, 2015
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Christmas, Fullness of Life, Humility, Incarnation, Jesus, Reconciliation
God has become flesh so that we might know God and realise our own destiny in God in the world.
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2 November, 2014
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Authority, Fullness of Life, Humility, Jesus, Leadership, Service
Scripture: Matthew
Jesus does not burden us with crippling moral expectations, but humbly takes our burdens on himself and frees us to relax into the life of God.
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10 November, 2013
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Church, Fear, Fullness of Life, Humility, Mission
Scripture: 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Haggai, Luke
God’s mission is much bigger than us, and to play our part in it, we need to live freely and fearlessly and maintain a humble and faithful connection with the traditions and wisdom of the wider Church.
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30 September, 2012
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Generosity, Hospitality, Humility, Jesus, Pride
Scripture: Mark
Jesus’s abolition of “us” and “them” categories is so radical that it seems almost impossible for us to comprehend and put into practice.
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2 September, 2012
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Mark
It is human nature to think that our ways are God’s ways, and so to shun those whose ways seem alien or disgusting to us, but Jesus calls us to recognise God at work in others, however different.
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6 January, 2012
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Evil, Hope, Humility, Jesus, Leadership, Reconciliation, Service
Though we get caught up in violent rivalries like Herod, God breaks through with the promise of a new kingdom where all are honoured.
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25 September, 2011
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Formation, Fullness of Life, Humility, Identity, Jesus
Scripture: Philippians
The self-emptying of Jesus reveals both his divinity and the pathway to our full humanity.
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22 August, 2010
A sense of shame can be God’s invitation to accept healing and new life.
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31 January, 2010
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Church, Generosity, Humility, Love, Prophesy
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, Jeremiah, Luke
God speaks prophetically through the Church and through some individuals, and the prophetic task is inseparable from humility, constructiveness, graciousness, love, patience and generosity.
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20 December, 2009
God comes to us, in seemingly insignificant places and borne by easily overlooked people.
