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    • Participants’ Guide
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Sermons

  • 16 May, 1996

    Following Christ at Port Arthur

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Discipleship, Evil, Grief, Jesus, Suffering

    Scripture: John

    In the aftermath of the Port Arthur Massacre, we need to see what it means to follow Christ through the valley of death.

  • 7 January, 1996

    Why are we Baptised?

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Baptism, Formation, Mission

    Scripture: Matthew

    Baptism is a public affirmation of our openness to the God who transforms us and calls us to continue the mission of Jesus.

  • 3 December, 1995

    Prepare! How?

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Discipleship, Faithfulness, Hope

    Scripture: Isaiah, Matthew, Romans

    If we live as though Christ was reigning now, we will always be ready for what he is about to do.

  • 26 November, 1995

    Can Christ be King if we become a Republic?

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Authority, Empire, Jesus, Leadership, Politics, Power, Service

    In a world where both monarchy and presidential democracy have lost touch with the needs of the people, Christ shows a Kingship that is expressed in solidarity with our suffering and raises us to royal dignity.

  • 12 November, 1995

    Reclaiming Doubt

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Commitment, Conversion, Discipleship, Faith

    Scripture: Luke

    Our doubts and questions are welcome to God so long as we are not using them to avoid Christ’s question to us – “Will you follow me?”

  • 8 October, 1995

    How Healed is Healed?

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Formation, Gratitude, Healing, Jesus

    Scripture: Luke

    Christ’s wish is that all people will respond with thankful joy to his offer of holistic healing and growth – physical, emotional, social.

  • 24 September, 1995

    Is moral integrity for weaklings?

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Discipleship, Ethics

    Scripture: Luke

    Moral integrity does not require operational naivety and Christian discipleship requires shrewdness.

  • 17 September, 1995

    Practical Atheism

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Jesus, Mercy, Salvation

    Scripture: Luke, Psalms

    Acceptance of God’s merciful presence and Christ’s ways will save us from selfishness and self-destructiveness.

  • 13 August, 1995

    What keeps us going?

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Discipleship, Faith

    Scripture: Hebrews

    Our life of faith is a journey motivated by the vision God gives us of what lies ahead.

  • 30 July, 1995

    How shall we pray?

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Grace, Prayer, Spiritual Disciplines

    Scripture: Luke

    Prayer is a learned discipline which begins with acknowledging God’s goodness and aligning ourselves with God’s purposes.

  • 23 July, 1995

    When image-consciousness is okay

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Formation, Incarnation, Jesus

    Scripture: Colossians

    Christ is the image of God and our goal is that all grow to maturity in the image of Christ.

  • 8 July, 1995

    Mission Insignificant?

    Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

    Topic: Mission

    Scripture: Luke

    As small as our missions may seem, they have cosmic significance in Christ’s mission.

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Open Icon Baptist Church is an inclusive, contemplative congregation of dedicated Jesus-followers, weaving ancient and modern spiritual practices into warmly participatory online Sunday liturgical worship and daily prayer. Based in Melbourne, Australia, but now with members far and wide.

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Open Icon Baptist Church acknowledges that we live on unceded Aboriginal lands, many of us on the lands of the Boonwurrung and Wurundjeri peoples. We express our gratitude at the sharing of this land; our sorrow for the personal, spiritual, and cultural cost of that sharing; and the hope that we may walk together in harmony in the spirit of reconciliation.

Open Icon Baptist Church is affiliated with both the Open Baptists and the Baptist Union of Victoria.


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