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Topic: Liberation
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 February, 2001
The beatitudes proclaim God’s preferential love for the poor and challenge us to rethink our own dependence on financial security.
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19 November, 2000
Jesus calls us to accept forgiveness and get on with a life and faith that do not revolve constantly about trying to make up for mistakes.
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16 July, 2000
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Abundance, Gratitude, Liberation, Salvation, Worship
Scripture: Ephesians
What God has done and is doing is cause for celebration.
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30 January, 2000
Knowledge can be used to destroy or to liberate. In Jesus we see one whose teaching and actions are an integrated liberating message.
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29 August, 1999
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Romans
Christians are to be known for what they do rather than what they abstain from.
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4 July, 1999
Sin seeks to enslave our bodies, but if we will take on Christ’s yoke we are incorporated into Christ’s body for redemption.
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7 December, 1997
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Fear, Liberation, Purity, Salvation, Worship
Being saved can be painful, but its goal, becoming a purified people who can worship rightly without fear, is the ultimate reward.
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26 October, 1997
The need for liberation for the poor and oppressed is obvious, but for the comfortable and successful, the enslavements to consumerism, power and hardness of heart are harder to discern and take the intervention of God to break free from.
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27 December, 1992
Jesus is God’s chosen liberator from birth and calls us to follow him among the innocent sufferers bringing hope and freedom.