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This Week at Little Hills: What Do Justification and Sanctification Mean?

By Timothy R. Butler | Apr 26, 2024 at 8:44 PM

Pastor Tim takes us to the question “What do justification and sanctification mean?” from the New City Catechism. We all need to think about what it means to have faith in the only one who can offer us true salvation.

The Smoker Takes Time

By Timothy R. Butler | Apr 22, 2024 at 5:16 PM

If God is a God of justice (and He is), then how do we live in a time of injustice? David wrestles with this in the middle of Psalm 7.

Will We Turn On?

By Timothy R. Butler | Apr 21, 2024 at 10:30 PM
In the Book of Ruth, Boaz finds a vulnerable widow gleaning in his field and he has to decide if he’ll do more than what the law requires. We, like Boaz have to answer the question Will love dictate we give more than the bare minimum? That’s much easier to tell others to do than for us to do ourselves.

This Week at Little Hills: What Do We Believe by True Faith?

By Melanie Haynes | Apr 21, 2024 at 3:58 PM

Melanie takes us to the question “What Do We Believe by True Faith?” from the New City Catechism. We all need to think about what it means to have faith in the only one who can offer us true salvation.

The Sin-quake Will Be Dampened

By Timothy R. Butler | Apr 15, 2024 at 1:49 PM

If God is a God of justice (and He is), then how do we live in a time of injustice? David wrestles with this in the middle of Psalm 7.

Staying in the Cemetery

By Timothy R. Butler | Apr 14, 2024 at 10:30 PM
When commitment costs more than you have to give, and there’s a way out, the practical thing to do would be to take it. But, Ruth chooses to stay, speaking words we associate with weddings in the cold shadow of funerals. God calls us to be willing to hold fast in our darkest places, too.

This Week at Little Hills: What is Faith in Jesus Christ?

By Gregory Dobson | Apr 12, 2024 at 9:59 PM

Greg takes us to the question “What is Faith in Jesus Christ?” from the New City Catechism. We all need to think about what it means to have faith in the only one who can offer us true salvation.

Love That Isn't Eclipsed

By Timothy R. Butler | Apr 08, 2024 at 7:29 PM

David doesn’t ask God to only judge others, but himself, too. How can he do that? Does he believe himself to be above sin? Or is it that his hope isn’t in himself?

Call Me Mara

By Timothy R. Butler | Apr 07, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Problems pile on until life feels more like a grave than renewed life, and we wonder where God is. The Book of Ruth opens with Naomi back from Moab empty and bitter, renaming herself Mara because the Almighty has dealt harshly with her—still certain God is King, yet unable to see whether that King still loves her. Is there hope when we find ourselves feeling the same way?

This Week at Little Hills: How Can We Be Saved?

By Timothy R. Butler | Apr 06, 2024 at 4:57 PM

Pastor Tim takes us to the question “How can we be saved?” from the New City Catechism. This is a challenging but important question.

We're the Fools

By Timothy R. Butler | Apr 01, 2024 at 6:05 PM

Sometimes our attempts to fix our situations we need rescue from go as badly as poorly planned April Fool’s jokes.

We See a Risen King

By Timothy R. Butler | Mar 31, 2024 at 11:53 PM

The disciples at first saw an empty grave, but not a Risen King. We can find ourselves doing the same.

This Week at Little Hills: Easter Saturday

By Timothy R. Butler | Mar 30, 2024 at 10:47 PM

Pastor Tim reflects on the empty tomb’s uncertainty before the disciples encountered the Risen Jesus.

Good News and Bad News: Are We the Punchline?

By Timothy R. Butler | Mar 25, 2024 at 6:17 PM

We pray the Lord’s Prayer anticipating God’s work, but a lot of times His glory and power feels quite distant. Is that the bad news that cancels out the good news that He cares?

The Gold Palm Branch Illusion

By Timothy R. Butler | Mar 24, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Sin makes us sick over and over, yet we keep charging right back to the buffet—unlike food poisoning, which at least teaches us to stay away from the contaminated food. That’s the human struggle Jesus faces head-on when He teaches us to pray “lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” in Matthew 6:13.

This Week at Little Hills: What Happens After Death to Those Not United to Christ by Faith?

By Melanie Haynes | Mar 23, 2024 at 10:17 PM

Melanie takes us to the question “What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith?” from the New City Catechism. This is a challenging but important question.

Holy Week at Little Hills

By Timothy R. Butler | Mar 21, 2024 at 11:19 PM

We can Noah Hope

By Timothy R. Butler | Mar 18, 2024 at 7:31 PM

Join us for our fourth anniversary of Steadfast, during which we look at how God provides hope even in dark and discouraging times.

The $10 Billion Debt You're Ignoring

By Timothy R. Butler | Mar 17, 2024 at 10:30 PM
We often treat sin as a handful of inconsequential debts, so asking God for forgiveness—or forgiving someone else—can feel unnecessary. In Matthew 6:12, Jesus places both debts before us in a single petition: “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.” Do we understand the balance we have run up?

This Week at Little Hills: Are All People, Just as They Were Lost Through Adam, Saved Through Christ?

By Timothy R. Butler | Mar 14, 2024 at 8:28 PM

Pastor Tim takes us to the question “Are all people, just as they were lost through Adam, saved through Christ?” from the New City Catechism. What do we need to do to be saved?

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