Don't Take a Stolen Truck on a Runway
We get confused and suddenly our actions are working against God’s Will and our own interests — and we don’t even realize it.
Contagious Thanksgiving: More Than Thanking the Current Resident
Amid turkey and pie and football, we can list what we’re thankful for and still miss the point. Psalm 95 won’t let us settle for vague gratitude; it calls us to sing to the Lord and come into His presence with thanksgiving to the rock of our salvation.
This Week at Little Hills
The seasons come and go but God’s faithfulness stays constant and we can hold onto Him throughout.
Being Chex Mix for the World
Are we going to be unified with the world or unified with the Lord? That’s the challenge that Paul hands down to us here.
Two Keys Won't Do
Changing the world for God can sound easier than loving the people close enough to frustrate us. But that’s precisely what God calls us to by calling us to honor the first “neighbors” we’ll ever know: our parents.
This Week at Little Hills
What do we do when we hit road construction in life?
Hammers But No Nails
We’ve grown so busy we’ve forgotten why we gather, and our culture whispers that rest is laziness—but Exodus 20:8 calls us to remember the Sabbath as a gift, not a rule, a weekly sign that we belong to the God who rescues us and knows what we actually need.
No Matter the Result...
God calls us to “civic” expressions of His love when elections go the way we hope and also when they do not.
This Week at Little Hills
We don’t always expect how God is going to lead us, but we can follow Him knowing He is very much with us every step of the way.
Those Who Drive Us Batty
As we come an election and contemplate how much those around us drive us crazy, God calls us to a different path as the church than what the world says we ought to do. We turn to 1 Timothy 2 for insights into the Lord’s plan for us in a partisan world.
God's Name Is Not a Costume
Most of us would never shrug off a slur against someone we love—yet we’ve grown comfortable around casual, empty uses of the name of the God we say we follow. The Third Commandment challenges us on that laxness.
This Week at Little Hills
God is the Savior — He rescues us from the issues big and small in our lives.
Be Chocolate to the World
As we try to not just do something but something pleasing to God, how do we do that? How do we add the flavor of His love into a world that needs it?
This Week at Little Hills
God is faithful. We see that demonstrated in everything He does other than make His creation flourish.
Our Hearts Are Idol Factories
Most of us hear “You shall not make for yourself a carved image” and assume the second commandment is aimed for some folks worshipping a metal statue long ago. But the same human frailty that raised the golden calf still reaches for something visible, manageable, and reassuring. What have we begun to trust, protect, or worship in place of the God who rescued us?
Bite Your Tongue!
How far should we go to control the things we say? James says we should go a lot further than we often do.
Side Effects May Include...
Pharmaceutical commercials fill the screen with daisy fields and frolicking joy so you’ll tune out the side effects. Are God’s Commandments filled with killer side effects, too?
This Week at Little Hills
How is God working even when things seem to be going in ways we think are “shipwrecks”? Pastor Tim turns to Paul’s journey to Rome for this week’s encouragement ahead of Faithtoberfest.
Knowledge Needs to Go Somewhere
James encourages us to listen but not to stop at listening. Combining listening and acting is necessary for arriving where God wants us.
When Sin Doesn't Get the Last Word
Family conflict. Our attempts to force a good outcome. So often our all too human messes and efforts leave life looking like a train wreck that gives sin the final word. Yet Genesis 35 closes Isaac’s story by calling him “old and full of days” and placing his divided sons together at his burial. Maybe even our broken lives still have hope of being full?