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Orchard Church | Pastor Jim Jackson

Aug 25, 2019

God originally built humans to have a high value for trust and
relational fidelity. From this foundation, all levels of relationships
are based (Gen. 2:15-25). Betrayal is a destruction of the fidelity that
two parties have agreed upon through unspoken, spoken, or written
means. Betrayal damages...


Aug 18, 2019

Self-pity or sulking is promoted by society as an acceptable
way of dealing with personal failure, disappointment with others, or
pain. In a culture where self-pity is a virtue, much of social media is
an attempt to gain sympathy with no desire for a solution. Self-pity
can be a sinful way to passive-aggressively...


Aug 11, 2019

At the beginning, God made humans in His image and put in
the human soul a moral compass (Gen. 1:27). This drives the human
desire to want fairness or need justice that doesn’t exist in the insect
or animal world. When wrong has been done, humans naturally want
the offender punished or corrected (Prov. 18:5; 21:15)....


Aug 4, 2019

Humans were originally built helpful, protective, and others-focused. However, with sin in our hearts, we are now self-righteous, blamers, and hostile to those who hurt or offend us (Gen. 3:12, 13). Anger and hostility are not the same. Anger can be righteous while hostility comes from an evil heart of pride...