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Orchard Church | Pastor Jim Jackson

May 30, 2021

At the beginning of creation, God built the universe by speaking it into existence (Gen. 1:1; Heb. 11:3). Before sin, the universe was ideal with no death, deterioration, or dysfunction (Gen. 1:31; 2:16, 17). God always does things with excellence to the best of His ability—which also happens to be perfect! Excellence...


May 16, 2021

One of the defining aspects of the God of the Bible is He is described as the singular Creator of all things. This means that all things owe their existence to Him and they only continue to exist because He allows them to (Gen. 1:1; Col. 1:16, 17; Heb. 1:3). Even the ‘laws’ of Physics owe their existence to...


May 9, 2021

The Philippians are instructed by Paul to focus on the things that are lovely (Gr. prosphilés, ‘to be friendly towards something worthy of personal affection or of being prized’). The word has the idea that some things are of such high quality that it naturally draws out love and care towards it. God is...


May 2, 2021

After Paul told the Philippians to think about whatever is right, they are to focus on what is pure. Because God is eternal and can never change or morph—who He is will always be the same. As God’s essence can’t have anything added or removed, He is the only perfect, pure Being. Our value for purity comes from...