One Thing You Still Lack
Most of us have something we’d rather not put on the table before God—something we’re holding just tightly enough that we hope He won’t notice. In Luke 18, a ruler who has kept the commandments since his youth comes to Jesus asking what he still must do to inherit eternal life, and Jesus names exactly the one thing he isn’t ready to hear.
This Week at Little Hills: What is Prayer?
Greg helps us think about the next question in the New City Catechism (“What is prayer?”). How does prayer explain the ways we get to relate to our God who loves us.
Spot the Differences
When we’re ready to accuse others of missing the mark of righteousness, are we prepared to explore the differences between ourselves and the righteous person too?
Empty Buildings and Deep Roots
We’re drawn to people who seem useful, impressive, ready to contribute—and in Luke 18, the disciples felt the same way when they turned away parents bringing infants to Jesus. But Jesus stopped them: “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”
This Week at Little Hills: How Does the Holy Spirit Help Us?
Pastor Tim helps us think about the next question in the New City Catechism (“How does the Holy Spirit help us?”) as we continue to explore how God the Holy Spirit helps us.
Level Up (or Not)
We constantly seek to strive for the better position in society, but what if we stopped trying to see ourselves as important and instead saw ourselves humbly?
The Blood Is Still Fresh
It’s easy to look across the room and thank God we’re not like that person—the failure, the compromiser, the obvious sinner. In Luke 18, Jesus tells a parable to confront such self-righteousness in us.
This Week at Little Hills: What Do We Believe About the Holy Spirit?
Melanie helps us think about the next question in the New City Catechism (“What do we believe about the Holy Spirit?”) as we continue to explore how God the Holy Spirit is with us.
Our New Clothes
Seeking wise counsel that will lead us closer to the Lord is at the heart of helping good leaders and being good leaders.
Don't Hang Up on God
We’ve all prayed about something so long that we start to wonder if God has put us on hold—and whether anyone is ever going to pick up. In Luke 18, Jesus tells a parable about a powerless widow who keeps pleading before a judge who neither fears God nor respects people, and asks whether his people will keep crying out to him day and night or simply lose heart.
This Week at Little Hills: Where Does This Faith Come From?
Pastor Tim provides an update about our new sermon series and special Sunday school class tonight along with a brief look at our next catechism question (“Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through faith alone, where does this faith come from?”) and accompanying Scripture.
Neither Waves Nor Still Waters
As we continue to explore what good leadership looks like, the next verse in Proverbs 25 helps clue us in: God values virtuous curiosity that neither seeks to needlessly cause trouble nor values stability over truth.
There Ain't No Grave
We’ve all held something we couldn’t restore—a plan, a relationship, a season of life that’s gone dry—and kept clenching it anyway, as if sheer will might put flesh back on the bone. Naomi knew that feeling: she went away full and came back empty, and the Book of Ruth shows what God does with that kind of emptiness.
This Week at Little Hills: Must We Still Do Good Works and Obey God’s Word?
Pastor Tim takes us to the question “Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through Christ alone, must we still do good works and obey God’s Word?” 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.
Parroting Good Works
Seeking to understand God’s wisdom is impossible in full, but He still invites us to experience Him and His truth.
When Faithfulness Feels Like a Dead End
Knowing where we want to end up is easy; trusting that faithfulness will get us there is another matter—especially when the path looks like a dead end. Ruth 3–4 traces ordinary people facing exactly that tension, each called to let go of control at the moment it costs them most.
This Week at Little Hills: Should Those Who Have Faith In Christ Seek Their Salvation Through Their Own Works, or Anywhere Else?
Greg takes us to the question “Should those who have faith in Christ seek their salvation through their own works, or anywhere else?” 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.
God is With Us Even When Chocolate Isn't
We struggle with being thankful when things are still not right, but David helps us to see the opportunity to thank our God right now.
Keep Feeding the Starter
Believing that God will ultimately triumph over the grave is one thing; knowing what to do with yourself in the meantime is another. Ruth 3 presses that question through people who have lost everything and choose to prepare rather than wait it out—and what their ordinary faithfulness looks like, in the daily grind before the story resolves, may be more unsettling and more freeing than expected.
This Week at Little Hills: What Do Justification and Sanctification Mean?
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.