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Topic: Hospitality
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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16 June, 2013
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Our identity as a community of Jesus’s followers is primarily expressed in love, gratitude and hospitality, not in compliance with a negative code of conduct.
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17 February, 2013
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Evil, Generosity, Hospitality, Salvation, Temptation
God saves us by changing our hearts, but one of the great temptations for the church is to try to turn that back into a system of exclusion and control.
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27 January, 2013
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Faithfulness, Generosity, Hospitality, Jesus
Scripture: 1 Corinthians
Although the Church and our nation might be stronger if they were more inclusive, the real call to inclusion is simply part of the call to faithfully reflect Christ.
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30 September, 2012
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Generosity, Hospitality, Humility, Jesus, Pride
Scripture: Mark
Jesus’s abolition of “us” and “them” categories is so radical that it seems almost impossible for us to comprehend and put into practice.
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22 July, 2012
Preacher: Ian Cook
Topic: Generosity, Grace, Hospitality, Mercy, Mission, Service
Scripture: Ephesians
God calls us to welcome and care for “the strangers” the refugees and asylum seekers in our midst.
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3 June, 2012
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Hospitality, Love, Suffering, Trinity
The vision of the Trinity reveals some of the most important characteristics of God: radical mutual love, radically open hospitality, and transformative engagement with the suffering of the world.
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15 January, 2012
Preacher: Michael Hardin
Topic: Faithfulness, Hospitality, Incarnation, Jesus
Scripture: 1 Corinthians, John
As difficult as it is to imagine, God is shockingly present with us in Jesus.
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29 May, 2011
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Holy Spirit, Hospitality, Weakness
Scripture: 1 & 2 Peter, Acts, John
Jesus offers himself to the world from a vulnerable place on the margins, and he calls us to trust the Holy Spirit and do likewise.
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22 May, 2011
We have a distinct and privileged identity as God’s chosen people, but it does not turn us away from other people, but leads us to offer ourselves to and for them that all may share in the grace that has made us who we are.
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26 September, 2010
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Generosity, Greed, Hospitality, Money, Service, Stewardship
Scripture: Luke
Jesus calls us to be open to others, not shutting anyone out of our consciousness or care, and treating all as beloved neighbours.
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16 August, 2009
God blesses us with much more than we need, but instead of throwing away the excess, we are to take what we don’t need and do something with it.
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10 May, 2009
The risen Christ and his word are often revealed in the words and actions of a stranger. Sometimes we are called to welcome and heed the stranger; and sometimes we are called to be the faithful stranger to others.
