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The Importance of Preaching God’s Truth to Yourself and Others
I am not a preacher, but I am preaching truth to myself these days! I’m not preaching carefully crafted sermons with three solid points and illustrated stories. Rather the message to myself is a simple truth about who God is and what that means for me today.
Asking For A Friend #5 - Do I Have to Forgive?
Senior Pastor Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues the message series Asking for a Friend providing biblical insights in the question, "Do I Have to Forgive?”
Why Every Christian (and Non-Believer) Should Join a Group
One of the best places to experience this mission being lived out at Orchard Hill is through Groups. In fact, the reason the ministry of Groups exists at Orchard Hill is to help people (both Christians and non-Christians) grow in community with God and others.
Asking For A Friend #4 - Who is Jesus?
Senior Pastor Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues the message series Asking for a Friend providing biblical insights in the question, "Who is Jesus?”
From Gratitude to Action (Memorial Day 2023)
On a weekend devoted to honoring those who died fighting to preserve freedom and unity, it calls to question how we should live in a politically divided society. In the midst of politics, dividing issues, tensions pulling one way and then another, what is the biblical response?
Church Words 101 - Sacrament
Few words carry as much weight and significance as the word "sacrament." The word finds its origins in the earliest centuries of church history. Sacraments have played a central role in Christian worship throughout the course of this history.
Asking For A Friend #3 - Why Do Bad Things Happen?
Senior Pastor Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues the message series Asking for a Friend providing biblical insights in the question, "Why do bad things happen?”
Asking For A Friend #2 - What Makes One Unworthy?
Senior Pastor Dr. Kurt Bjorklund kicks off the message series Asking for a Friend looking at the question "Can I Trust God?" He discuss”
Biblical Wisdom that Comes from Age
In the book of Job, Job mocked his aged “counselors” for being older but not wise. “Is not wisdom found among the aged? "Does not life bring understanding?” Job asked. He then told them: “True wisdom and real power belong to God; from him we learn how to live, and also what to live for.”
Asking For A Friend #1 - What Does Trust Look Like?
Senior Pastor Dr. Kurt Bjorklund kicks off the message series Asking for a Friend looking at the question "Can I Trust God?" He discusses how to discern the voice of God and how genuine faith isn't without doubts or failures.
Embracing Hope #4 - Looking Around
Senior Pastor Dr. Kurt Bjorklund concludes the message series Embracing Hope teaching on how connecting to those around us in community can bring about a hopeful light into the often hopeless and dark world.
Should Christian Students Attend a Christian College?
What’s next? This is the question every high school senior has to answer over the next several months. For many the prospect of college/university is probable, which lends itself to the question of whether a Christian student should attend a Christian college? The short answer, it depends.
Embracing Hope #3 - Looking Within
Senior Pastor Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues the message series Embracing Hope by challenging the common wisdom to "just look within yourself for the answer." God's wisdom is better than the world's wisdom.
Embracing Hope #2 - Looking Ahead
Senior Pastor Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues the message series Embracing Hope by reflecting on the hope found in the eternal future of anyone calling themselves a Christ-follower.
Church Words 101 - Regeneration
Despite the word only being used twice in scripture, regeneration is an essential component in learning to appreciate our salvation in Christ. If there is no regeneration by the Spirit, there is no eternal life to hope for.
Embracing Hope #1 - Looking Back
Senior Pastor Dr. Kurt Bjorklund initiates the message series Embracing Hope by reflecting on the hope found in Christ's death and resurrection.
Shattered Expectations
Butler Campus Pastor Brady Randall teaches from Luke 19 showing how Jesus shattered expectations of the Messiah in ancient times and how Jesus can still shatter expectations today.
Oh the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus | Song Analysis
When hymn writers of the 1800s paired theology with melody, music was created that can still be sung by church congregations today. In fact, we did this as a church recently when we sang for the first time, Oh the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus, a song originally published in 1875.
Love for a Lifetime #4 - Heart to Heart
Senior Pastor Dr. Kurt Bjorklund concludes the message series in Matthew 19 speaking about the fourth posture a marriage relationship should have together: heart to heart.
5 Most Important Figures in Church History
To narrow this number to 5 seems a fool’s errand… because it is. That is probably why I was chosen for this blog post. I would liken it to climbing a tree with thousands of branches and attempting to arrive at the top utilizing only five of them.