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Topic: Law
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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3 October, 2010
Letting go of the idea that we can earn God’s favour is very difficult for most people, but it is a key to enjoying the fullness of life and grace.
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5 October, 2008
The ten commandments are not a measure of our moral accomplishment, but a gift offered to God by a grateful covenant people.
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27 July, 2008
The incoming Kingdom of God often challenges conventional social norms to such an extent that it is perceived as anarchic or even evil.
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26 February, 2006
In Jesus, God is calling us to see and hear a gospel that takes us beyond rule making and sacred violence.
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24 July, 2005
Perhaps when law and order perpetuate injustice, God is on the side of the scammers and swindlers.
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5 November, 2000
Love is both command and promise and is what gives meaning to all our offerings to God.
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3 October, 1999
Icons, as representations of the incarnation rather than images of God, can serve to open us to God rather than becoming alternatives to God.
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31 August, 1997
The New Testament teachings on the priority of the spirit of the law over the traditional interpretations of it actually give us a biblical basis on which to reevaluate our understandings of sexual purity.