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Book: Luke
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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6 January, 2019
Preacher: Roxanne Addley
Topic: Christmas, Faithfulness, Grace, Jesus
What is God challenging you to return to? Will you be a witness to the joy and love, and the possibilities of the alternative world heralded by Jesus?
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30 December, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Colossians, Luke
Jesus models for us a willingness to listen, learn and grow rather than a domineering certainty that insists on knowing who’s right and who’s wrong.
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24 December, 2018
Preacher: Alison Sampson
Scripture: Luke
It is not from the halls of power but from humble places that the love which offers wholeness and healing and peace erupts into life.
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23 December, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Christmas, Conversion, Culture, Hope, Incarnation, Salvation
Scripture: Luke
The baby whose coming is awaited will turn the world upside down (not just the lives of its parents!), and our counter-cultural observance of Advent is a necessary preparation of ourselves for that reality.
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16 December, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Anger, Conversion, Culture, Faithfulness, Holy Spirit, Hope
Scripture: Luke
Angry prophets who tell us the hard-to-hear truth about ourselves pave the way for a new world to emerge.
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9 December, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Baptism, Conversion, Discernment, Formation, Holy Spirit, Hope, Leadership, Repentance
The task of being changed into what God calls us to be involves a radical break with the established norms of our world.
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2 December, 2018
The coming of Christ to transform the present world into the Kingdom of God will be earth-shattering, but we easily lose sight of it in our anticipation of “another Christmas”.
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6 May, 2018
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Authority, Grace, Hospitality, Jesus, Reconciliation
Rather than close the book on who can and cannot be accepted into the church, the Bible calls us to follow Jesus on a path of continually expanding inclusion.
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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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31 December, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Christmas, Faithfulness, Hope, Law, Love
Jesus was born to reveal and fulfil what God had long sought to do; set people free to live joyously as God’s children.
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24 December, 2017
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Christmas, Hospitality, Humility, Incarnation, Jesus
Scripture: Luke
The nativity story proclaims the basic themes of the gospel message; God enters into our suffering world as a victim of our violence, and is rejected by most but recognised by the nobodies.
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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.
