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Topic: Mission
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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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.
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7 February, 1999
The church rightly has an impact on the world, bringing out the taste of God, but it won’t come from pedantic obedience.
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8 February, 1998
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Forgiveness, Healing, Mercy, Mission, Repentance, Sin
When we encounter the reality of God we are overcome with our own unworthiness, and we are confronted with a choice – to push God away and hide from our self-realization, or to accept God’s gracious invitation to mercy, transformation and mission.
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13 July, 1997
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Commitment, Discipleship, Mission, Suffering
Scripture: 1 & 2 Samuel, Mark
Whole-hearted devotion to God and commitment to God’s mission brings joyous freedom, but also often results in derision, rejection and even violent opposition.
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24 November, 1996
Christ’s call to respond to his presence in the needy is a call for the church to embrace a lifestyle of radical communal hospitality (but we have often used it to justify empires built on the labour of guilt-ridden, over-extended, under-prepared Christians!)
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7 January, 1996
Baptism is a public affirmation of our openness to the God who transforms us and calls us to continue the mission of Jesus.
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8 July, 1995
As small as our missions may seem, they have cosmic significance in Christ’s mission.
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23 April, 1995
Empowered by resurrection joy, we are sent to continue the mission of Christ.
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5 February, 1995
God’s church is to be a place of cleansing and healing and preparation for mission.
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3 July, 1994
God calls and equips us to carry on the mission of Jesus regardless of the response.
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9 January, 1994
In baptism, the Holy Spirit is ordaining us for mission.
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12 January, 1992
Jesus helps us to identify the oppressed and brokenhearted and to see how we can become agents of renewal and restoration.