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Topic: Violence
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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10 June, 2007
Topic: Commitment, Jesus, Liberation, peace, Violence
Scripture: Galatians
Religious zeal often turns violent, but the revelation of Jesus Christ makes known a God who repudiates our violence and sets us free from it.
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13 May, 2007
Jesus gives us a peace that is not secured at the expense of victims, and he sends a Defence Counsel to lead the defence of the world’s victims.
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17 September, 2006
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Commitment, Crucifixion, Discipleship, Jesus, Violence
Scripture: Mark
Jesus leads the way in exposing and opposing violence, no matter what the cost, and life is found in following his lead.
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20 August, 2006
Jesus invites us to find our communion in the violence done to him instead of in doing violence to others.
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30 April, 2006
The risen Christ confronts us with both the gruesome consequences of our violence and the terrifying shock of grace.
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5 March, 2006
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Grace, Jesus, Lent, Temptation, Violence
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Genesis, Mark
Violence must be a constant temptation for God, but in absolute love, God has vowed never to resort to it.
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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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29 January, 2006
When we know ourselves as known by God, the demonic power of violent naming is broken and new life dawns.
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2 February, 2003
We are called to take sides in a conflict between the prophet of love and peace and the prophets of hatred and violence.