The Orchard Church
Sermon series from The Orchard Church in Waynesville, NC.
Episodes
124 episodes
Advent: Peace
Pastor Stephen delivers a message about peace during the Advent season, emphasizing that true peace comes only through Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace. He explains that while Jesus brings peace, He also brings division because not everyone wi...
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Advent: Hope
Pastor Ross delivered a powerful Advent sermon focusing on Zechariah's song of praise in Luke 1:67-79, emphasizing how hope transforms lives through Jesus Christ. The message explored the context of Israel's desperate situation under Roman oppr...
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Hebrews: The Sufficiency of The Shepherd
Are you still trying to control your own life? Pastor Hayden concludes the book of Hebrews by examining Jesus as the Great Shepherd. He challenges us to recognize that we cannot effectively shepherd our own lives, drawing parallels to the illus...
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Hebrews: Get Out of Town
Discover what it means to follow Jesus beyond your comfort zone in this powerful message about spiritual growth and authentic faith. This sermon from Hebrews 13:7-16 challenges believers to 'get out of town' - to leave their comfort zones and f...
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Hebrews: Confidence Builder
Discover how to build unshakeable confidence in your Christian faith through three essential foundations that transform belief into everyday living. This powerful message explores the biblical principles of love, purity, and contentment that an...
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Hebrews: Shaken
Discover how to find peace and purpose when life shakes your world through unexpected challenges, trials, and difficult seasons. This powerful message explores the biblical contrast between Mount Sinai and Mount Zion, revealing how God uses lif...
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Hebrews: What is Discipline?
Struggling with life's unexpected challenges and wondering why God allows hardships in your life? In this week's message, Pastor Ross explores the biblical truth about God's discipline and how it transforms our understanding of suffering. Disco...
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Hebrews: Running With Endurance
This sermon focuses on Hebrews 11:39-12:2, using the metaphor of running a race with endurance to describe the Christian life. Pastor Stephen explains that while Old Testament believers ran hoping for the promise to come, Christians today run k...
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Hebrews: The Reward of Faith
This sermon from Hebrews 11:1-6 explores the nature and importance of faith in the Christian life. Pastor Stephen defines faith as believing that Jesus is who He says He is, that He has done what He said He's done, and that it applies to you pe...
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Hebrews: Don't Shrink Back
In this sermon, Pastor Hayden explores Hebrews 10:26-39, addressing the challenges of following Jesus when discouragement sets in. The sermon focuses on Jewish Christians who were tempted to return to their old religious practices when facing p...
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Hebrews: Draw Near
In this sermon based on Hebrews 10:19-25, the Pastor Stephen explores how believers should respond to Christ's sufficiency. The passage marks a transition from explaining who Christ is to how we should live in light of His work. The sermon emph...
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Hebrews: Trust That It Is Finished
In this sermon from Hebrews 10:1-18, the Pastor Stephen explains how the Old Testament law and sacrificial system were merely shadows pointing to the reality of Christ's perfect sacrifice. While the old system required repeated sacrifices that ...
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Hebrews: All At Once and Once For All
In this sermon, Pastor Stephen explores Hebrews 9:23-28, focusing on the sufficiency of Christ's sacrifice. He emphasizes that Jesus' death on the cross was a once-for-all sacrifice that paid for all sins—past, present, and future. Unlike the O...
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Hebrews: Why Jesus?
In this sermon, Pastor Stephen addresses the question 'Why Jesus?' by examining Hebrews 9:15-22. He explains that Jesus is the mediator of a new covenant, established through His blood sacrifice. Pastor Stephen clarifies that unlike the old cov...
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Hebrews: Why the Blood?
In this sermon, Pastor Hayden explores the significance of blood sacrifice in the Bible, focusing on Hebrews 9. He explains that blood sacrifice was instituted by God as a response to sin, which offends God's holy nature. The sermon contrasts t...
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Hebrews: Better Promises
In this sermon on Hebrews 8, Pastor Stephen focuses on the concept of "better promises" found in the New Covenant established through Jesus Christ. He contrasts the Old Covenant, which required repeated animal sacrifices and priestly mediation,...
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From the Inside Out
In this sermon, Pastor Stephen discusses the principle that what is sown into our lives will be reaped out of us, particularly focusing on how the Gospel should manifest in believers' lives. Using Romans 10:8-17 as the foundation, he explains t...
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Hebrews: Patterns & Patents
In this sermon, Pastor Stephen discusses the concept of patterns in our lives, focusing on Hebrews 8:1-13. He emphasizes that Jesus Christ is our ultimate pattern-maker, and as believers, we should conform to His pattern rather than the pattern...
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Hebrews: A Mysterious Melchizedek
In this sermon on Hebrews 7, Pastor Stephen explores the significance of Melchizedek. The chapter explains that Jesus is a high priest in the order of Melchizedek, not from the Levitical priesthood, making Him superior to all other priests. Thi...
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Hebrews: Hope Anchored in God's Promise
In this sermon, Pastor Stephen discusses Hebrews 6:13-20, focusing on the concept of having an 'anchored soul' through God's promises. Using Abraham's story as an example, the message explores how God makes and keeps promises, even swearing by ...
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Hebrews: A Sobering Warning
This sermon from Hebrews 6:4-12 addresses a sobering warning against spiritual regression while offering encouragement to pursue spiritual maturity. Pastor Stephen explains that this passage isn't primarily about losing salvation but about brok...
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Hebrews 6 Deep Dive - The 3 Cases
In this episode, Pastor Stephen dives deeper into three key perspectives on eternal security—can a believer lose their salvation? This conversation expands on his sermon from Hebrews 6, originally preached on July 13, 2025, offering thoughtful ...
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Hebrews: Grow Up
In this sermon, Pastor Stephen addresses the issue of spiritual complacency and immaturity among believers, drawing from Hebrews 5:11-6:3. He explains that many Christians have become 'dull of hearing,' settling for spiritual milk instead of so...
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