S Orchard Wife - A Help Meet Biblical instruction to wives conflicts with popular feminist sentiment. This friction distracts us from the profundity of God's design. The Apostle Paul magnified the wife's role as a model of our relationship … [Read more...]
Husbands – A New Creation
S Orchard Husbands - A New Creation God created man after His own likeness, and ordained marriage and sex as a sacred union. Through marriage, we learn to model the God-family relationship. The world is breaking down and marriage trends are … [Read more...]
Regard the Life of Your Beast
S Orchard Regard the Life of Your Beast Each and every one of God's laws and statutes has value for us. What can we take from Deuteronomy 25:4, which says "Do not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain"? The discipline of caring for animals … [Read more...]
Liberty – God’s Gift Through His Spirit
S Orchard Liberty-Gods Gift Through His Spirit This world, separated from God under Satan's rule, is oppressed. Creation groan's for liberty. We, the first fruits, have it, and commemorate that jubilee on the Holy Day of Pentecost. The physical … [Read more...]
At Appointed Times, Go Out
S Orchard At Appointed Times, Go Out God is creating His Kingdom - a masterpiece that is perfect in concept and in every detail. According to that purpose, He appoints times. When He brings them to fullness, we are forced to make uncomfortable … [Read more...]
The Axe of Judgement is Poised
S Orchard The Axe of Judgement is Poised The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree is not a story about redemption. It is a warning. God is a fierce, demanding and implacable judge. He has the fair and sovereign right to destroy whatever does not serve … [Read more...]
Joining Up: Horses Show How to Be at Rest with God
S Orchard Joining Up: Horses Show How to Be at Rest with God A horse breaking technique called “joining up” illuminates God’s nature, and shows us how to obtain rest in an intimate relationship with God. God's invisible attributes are understood … [Read more...]
Land & Tents: The Physical Realm Matters
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Joy – A Fruit of the Spirit
S Orchard True Spirituality Joy is a fruit of the spirit; it is required of us. The pursuit of pleasure is a temporary distraction that attempts to manufacture happiness through immersive stimulation. Solomon found all such human attempts … [Read more...]
Why Does God Call Some?
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