Little Drops, Sopping Wet
The next set of Proverbs challenge us to think about how our words — even seemingly insignificant ones — can have a huge impact on those around us.
The Pool Kept Moving
We’ve all felt stuck in the middle—watching God work powerfully somewhere else while wondering if He’s forgotten us. In Genesis 21 the long-promised son finally arrives and the house fills with laughter, yet Isaac almost vanishes into the background of his own story. Even there, something unseen is still moving.
This Week at Little Hills: Does the Lord’s Supper add anything to Christ’s atoning work?
Pastor Tim helps us think about the next question in the New City Catechism (“No, Christ died once for all. The Lord’s Supper is a covenant meal celebrating Christ’s atoning work; as it is also a means of strengthening our faith as we look to him, and a foretaste of the future feast. But those who take part with unrepentant hearts eat and drink judgment on themselves.”).
Bear with Each Other, Even Enemies
Do we really have to show love to those whom we consider “enemies”? God calls us to show His love to everyone, so let’s think about what that means.
Worship on Steroids
We love remembering that Jesus overturned tables in the temple—especially when we imagine them belonging to someone else. But in Luke 19:45–48 when Jesus drives out those who sold, and declares, “My house shall be a house of prayer,” His challenge isn’t just to those people who annoy us. What might He overturn when our own convenience, usefulness, and preferences begin to define worship?
This Week at Little Hills: What is the Lord’s Supper?
Melanie helps us think about the next question in the New City Catechism (“What is the Lord’s Supper?”) as we continue to explore what exactly it is that Baptism does.
The Science Lab of Emotion
As people struggle through things, it can be hard to understand how to help them. We may not always get it right, but how can we be more Christ-like in helping them through struggles?
The Peace You're Chasing Isn't Peace
We keep wanting peace now—the right circumstances, the right outcome, the right person in charge—and that hunger is not wrong, just misdirected. In Luke 19:41–44, Jesus weeps over a city shouting for peace while blind to the only kind that lasts, and his tears raise an uncomfortable question about what we’re actually seeking when we seek it.
This Week at Little Hills: Is Baptism with Water the Washing Away of Sin Itself?
Pastor Tim helps us think about the next question in the New City Catechism (“Is baptism with water the washing away of sin itself?”) as we continue to explore what exactly it is that Baptism does.
Portraits of Faithfulness
Pastor Tim thinks about how God tells us to show care for others in a different way than our natural impulse — and why that matters.
Christmas in July Messiah
We can say all the right things about Jesus and still expect the wrong things from him. In Luke 19, the crowd welcomes its King with praise, peace, and glory—but what happens when the Savior we celebrate does not pursue the earthly victory, security, or power we wanted?
This Week at Little Hills: What is Baptism?
Pastor Tim helps us think about the next question in the New City Catechism (“What is Baptism?”) as begin our examination of what baptism is and what it means to be baptized.
Stuffed on the Wrong Things at the Buffet
Pastor Tim cools off in the pool as we think about cooling off our uncontrolled wills and being more focused on the things God values.
We Do Not Want This Man
We’ve all got a part of ourselves we refuse to hand over—the place that says, You don’t get this, Lord. Heading toward Jerusalem, Jesus told a parable about a nobleman whose citizens hated him and sent word: We do not want this man to reign over us. The question is whether that refusal still has the last word.
This Week at Little Hills: What Are the Sacraments or Ordinances?
Pastor Tim helps us think about the next question in the New City Catechism (“What are the sacraments or ordinances?”) as we start a section of the catechism considering Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
On the Way to Something Beautiful
We want our way to be heard right now. We want results yesterday. But, if that’s not the approach God takes towards us, is it the approach we should take towards others?
Jesus Sees You in the Tree
Most of us are quicker to panic over a dying phone battery than over a dying spiritual one—we coast along, confident we’re fine, while the indicator drops lower than we’d ever admit. As Jesus calls a written-off man in Jericho, He challenges all of us on this: “Do we know how much we need Him?”
This Week at Little Hills: How is the Word of God to Be Read and Heard?
Greg helps us think about the next question in the New City Catechism (“How is the Word of God to be read and heard?”). How do we better get to know God and His Word?
Waterless Clouds or Life Giving People?
Are our words promising things we have no intent to do that leave people to die or are they much needed refreshment in a hurting world?
The Blind Man Who Could See
There’s a blind man sitting by the road outside Jericho in Luke 18, and the crowd wants him to be quiet—he’s an embarrassment, a distraction from something more important. He cries out anyway: “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.” Whatever it is that makes you feel like the person everyone else wants to go away, this passage is for you.