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Topic: Resurrection
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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20 April, 2019
We have been drawn into an unstoppable rumour that keeps interrupting the dominant story of fear, hostility and death.
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15 April, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Death, Forgiveness, Fullness of Life, Jesus, Love, Resurrection
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, Acts, Luke
By lifting us out our enthralment to evil and death, Jesus sets us free from all that corrupts us and opens us to share real life with him.
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8 April, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Forgiveness, Grace, Jesus, Love, Resurrection, Salvation
Scripture: 1 2 & 3 John, John
When we expected to be shamed as we have shamed others, we are shocked and saved by the unexpected mercy of the crucified and risen Jesus.
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31 March, 2018
There is no neat finish to the Jesus story, because it is far from over. The risen Jesus is always ahead of us, calling us to follow and live the next chapter.
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25 June, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Death, Evil, Faithfulness, Fear, Grace, Hope, Love, Resurrection
In a world infested by terror and fear, Jesus tells us that becoming the victims of that world is not nearly as dangerous as becoming part of it.
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21 May, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Grace, Hope, Jesus, Love, Resurrection
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, John
Following Jesus has nothing to do with trying to be good. His love and hope are gifts, rather than demands, and they free us to love and hope freely.
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30 April, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Conversion, Failure, Grace, Grief, Hope, Jesus, Reconciliation, Resurrection, Salvation
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Luke
Meeting us on the road of despair, Jesus reveals to us that suffering and defeat are God’s means of bringing new life and hope.
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15 April, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Matthew
Jesus died an apparent failure, but in his resurrection, the failure’s power over us is broken for ever.
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2 April, 2017
Jesus calls us to believe that he is the resurrection and the life, not just in theory, but in relation to everything that is dead or dying within us.
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6 November, 2016
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Luke
Being truly alive is a gift so extravagantly rich and wonderful that it can’t even be meaningfully contrasted with simply not being dead.
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26 March, 2016
Preacher: Roslyn Wright
Topic: Death, Grief, Resurrection
The resurrection awaits us. It awaits us now as we live into our experience of the love of God, growing in us and through us. The resurrection awaits us too, that moment when life as we know it is no more, and we enter fully into the life and love of God.
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13 March, 2016
Preacher: Alison Sampson
Topic: Abundance, Gratitude, Love, Resurrection
Scripture: John, Philippians
Because of God’s abundance, God’s never-ending supply of extravagant and eternal generosity, we are raised out of death and into God’s life: a life of gratitude, of loving, of belonging, out of which flows a life of service and a burning desire to participate in God’s passionate concern for the world.
