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Book: Romans
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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11 June, 2006
The God who we encounter in such different ways is, nevertheless, the one God, and we are called to share in the life of this one God.
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15 April, 2006
The death of Christ strips us bare, but in his resurrection we are clothed in Christ and become participants in his resurrection life.
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3 July, 2005
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Commitment, Faithfulness, Salvation, Sin
The power of sin over us will not be broken by trying harder, but by pursuing Christ and Christ alone.
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26 March, 2005
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Hope, Resurrection
When hopes have been extinguished and all is despair, God comes back.
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27 February, 2005
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Evil, Fullness of Life, Love, Spiritual Disciplines, Suffering, Temptation
Our struggles against evil, temptation and suffering are all framed by the security of God’s unshakable love and resolve to bring us safely to fullness of life.
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19 December, 2004
The coming Christ will continually confound our expectations, no matter how well informed or righteous they may be.
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30 May, 2004
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Holy Spirit, Liberation, Resurrection
The message of Pentecost is the message of Pascha – Christ is risen and, in him, we are liberated from our captivity to the spirits of death, fear, despair, and division, and freed to dance to the Holy Spirit’s tune.
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16 March, 2003
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faithfulness, Grace, Lent
What God has promised, God will make good on, no matter what the apparent obstacles, and our job is simply to set about cooperating with the promise-maker rather than with the obstacles.
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22 December, 2002
God is always acting, but often in surprising and paradoxical ways. The ways of God often reverse human expectations.
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8 September, 2002
Preacher: Garry Worete Deverell
Topic: peace, Politics, Reconciliation, Ritual, Worship
There is no such thing as a ritual-free space, and performed well or performed badly, rituals change things, change people’s lives.
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21 July, 2002
Preacher: Jill Manton
Topic: Discipleship, Formation, Spirituality
Darkness cannot conceal anything from God, but God who confronts us with truth and justice, and invites us to choose life and promises to help and bless us in that choice.
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7 July, 2002
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Faith, Jesus, Liberation, peace
Those who insist that faith must satisfy their every ideology may miss out, while those who simply yoke themselves to Jesus will find the freedom and peace for which they yearn.