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The Holy Spirit #1 - Who is the Holy Spirit? (Part 1)
Brady Randall opens Orchard Hill's new series on the Holy Spirit with John 14:16-18, showing the Spirit is a person, not a power, sent to help, convict, and shape believers into the likeness of Jesus. Discover what it means to truly experience God's presence in everyday life, not just know about it.
What Does it Mean to Follow Jesus?
What does it mean to follow Jesus? What does it look like to follow Jesus? I think we've all asked these questions at one time or another. Following Jesus isn't just a checklist of religious habits — it's a changed heart and a daily response to what He has done for us. In this blog, Suzanne Pietro explores what Jesus himself says it means to deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow Him.
Impact of Grace #8 - Gospel Ambition (Part 2)
Dr. Kurt Bjorklund closes out a year in Romans with Romans 16, showing what a church shaped by the gospel actually looks like: radically inclusive, radically truth-oriented, and radically outward. Discover why resting in what Jesus has done—not self-justification—frees you to welcome others, speak truth in love, and live for something bigger than personal comfort.
How Do I Know God’s Will For My Life?
"I want to be in the center of God's will!" Brady Randall tackles the question every Christian wrestles with—how do you actually know what God wants for your life? He unpacks God's sovereign, revealed, and permissive will, then offers a practical five-step framework to help you make big decisions with confidence and freedom.
Impact of Grace #7 - Gospel Ambition (Part 1)
In this week’s message, Kurt Bjorklund explores Romans 15:8–33 to show how the settled hope believers have in Christ is meant to turn outward toward others. He offers four practical ways—having, embodying, speaking, and partnering for hope—that anyone can put into practice this week, no matter how uncertain life feels right now.
What the Dead Now Know
Death is something we all know is coming, yet most of us spend our lives trying not to think about it. In this blog, Jake Williams explores how the reality of death can reshape the way we live today. Scripture reminds us that eternity is real, God is closer than we realize, and the choices we make in this life matter. For those who are in Christ, death is not the end—it is the beginning of being fully present with the Savior we have trusted all along.
Impact of Grace #6 - Unified Voice
In this message of Orchard Hill's Impact of Grace series, Bryce Vaught opens Romans 15:1–7 to show that real unity is a fruit of grace, not gritted-teeth tolerance. Discover four practical ways to stop people-pleasing and start living — and loving — with one voice.
Are You Who You Want to Be?
Shawn Barrett wrestles with a question every Christian knows too well: why do we keep sinning even after finding grace? Drawing on Scripture, Augustine, and Switchfoot, he unpacks the tension of the "already and not yet" and offers four practical steps toward walking closer to Christ.
Impact of Grace #5 - Christian Unity
Dr. Kurt Bjorklund explores Romans 14:1-23, showing how grace-filled believers accept those with different convictions and regulate their freedom for others' good. True acceptance isn't found in self-improvement, but in what Christ has already done.
Pray, Wait, Trust: How to Find God’s Peace in Anxiety
Anxiety can be crippling — spiraling thoughts, a pounding heart, and a constant sense of dread about what might happen next. If you've ever felt like your mind won't stop racing through worst-case scenarios, you're not alone. In this blog, Suzanne Pietro explores what Scripture says about anxiety and how prayer, waiting, and trust can lead us to the peace that only God can give.
Impact of Grace #4 - Societal Benefit
Dr. Kurt Bjorklund examines Romans 13:1-14, showing how grace shapes a Christian's public life through submission to authority, genuine love of neighbor, and urgent living. Discover practical ways faith moves from private belief to positive impact on the world around you.
Impact of Grace #3 - Relational Benefit
Dr. Kurt Bjorklund walks through Romans 12:9–21 to show that real love isn't another thing to "max out," but the natural overflow of a life shaped by grace. He unpacks twelve simple, unglamorous qualities—like honesty, patience, and hospitality—that quietly transform our closest relationships when we stop trading love for love and start giving it away.
When Your Needs Outweigh Your Resources | Luke 9
When Seana Scott's young family lived on food stamps and prayer, she learned what to do when needs outweigh resources. Drawing from Luke 9's feeding of the 5,000 and Exodus 16–17's manna in the wilderness, she shares a four-step pattern—tell, listen, obey, participate—for trusting God's provision in your own impossible situation.
Impact of Grace #2 - Ministry Engagement
In this message on Romans 12:3–8, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund explores how God's grace calls every believer to serve the church with humility rather than pride or passivity. Discover what gift you've been given — and why waiting for the "perfect" moment to use it may be the very thing holding you back.
Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?
Did Jesus really rise from the dead, or is it just a story we tell ourselves? Jake Williams digs into the historical evidence—the empty tomb, the eyewitnesses, the transformed disciples—so you'll walk away seeing the resurrection not as wishful thinking, but as an invitation to real hope.
Impact of Grace #1 - Complete Devotion
Dr. Kurt Bjorklund unpacks Romans 12:1-2 to show why God's mercy makes complete devotion to Jesus the only reasonable response, not a trade for blessing but true worship. He challenges listeners to stop letting culture shape them and start letting God renew their minds, one everyday choice at a time.
Who Is My Enemy?
Jonathan Thiede asks a question with real teeth in today's outrage-driven world: when we're tempted to "destroy" a stranger online, who are we actually fighting? He unpacks Ephesians 6:12 to help readers see their true enemy clearly—and respond to disagreement with grace instead of rage.
Public Faith (Independence Day 2026)
In this message from Jeremiah 29, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund explores how followers of Jesus are called to engage public life without withdrawing from culture or being absorbed by it. Instead of placing hope in politics or protest, real change starts with a transformed heart, a timely word for anyone wrestling with faith's place in today's world.
Remember That You Have to Die: What Switchfoot’s ‘Forever Now’ Get’s Right About Being Alive
What would it look like to stop living distracted and start living fully present? Tyler Thomas explores Switchfoot's new album, Forever Now, and the theological truths woven throughout its music, showing how these songs can help us live more in line with who God made us to be.
Experience of Grace #11 - Worship and Adoration
In Romans 11, Pastor Brady Randall unpacks the controversial mystery of Israel's hardening and God's irrevocable mercy, showing that every act of grace—then and now—is undeserved. Whether you've wandered far or feel secure, this message invites you into the humility and awe that come from trusting a God whose ways are higher than ours.