This Week at Little Hills

Pastor Tim talks about baptism and what it is really about.

Wooden Faith

God wants us to jump in the pool of grace to swim, not to struggle. How we interact with His grace makes all the difference in our experience of the Christian life.

Jesus Reigns to Bless

We know what often happens when people gain power: sooner or later, they start asking how it can benefit them. Ephesians 1:22–23 says everything is under Jesus’ feet and presents Him as head of the church, but he’s not seeking to use power the same way as those others. Just what kind of King is He? What does His reign mean for those who belong to Him?

Check the Stove

We can miss the more urgent thing because we get distracted by the immediate. As we begin exploring John 5, Jesus encourages us not to miss what’s truly important.

Your License Plate Won't Expire

We want hope, but we want to know it isn’t empty—especially when other powers seem to have the final say over our lives. In Ephesians 1:20–21, Paul points to God raising Jesus from the dead and seating him above every rule and authority, but do we live as if we believe that?

High Fructose Righteousness

What does the righteousness God wants in us really look like?

This Week at Little Hills

Join Pastor Tim as we think about living as those demonstrating Christian unity.

Hope in the Right Thing

We can be full of hope and still put that hope in plans, forecasts, and outcomes that never arrive. When disappointment turns us into expert worriers—or convinces us that life will only get worse—we’re reminded to look to our true hope and the Power behind it.

Wisdom is a Log Flume

Wisdom isn’t something meant to get on and off of. So do we want on?

The 79-Cent Gospel

We live in an information age, bombarded with worldly wisdom, theological wisdom, biblical wisdom, and endless “pratical” wisdom for Christian living—and much of it may actually be wise. Yet Paul’s words encourage us to ask: “Does all this knowledge lead us to know God, or have we mistaken knowing things about Him for knowing Him?”

This Week at Little Hills

Pastor Tim is celebrating Christmas in July by thinking about how God gives us gifts available all year long, not just at Christmas.

Are We Keeping Track of Our Strangeness?

Proverbs challenges us to be aware of where we are leaving the gracious confines of God’s way. The trouble for us is that we don’t even notice as we wander.

Hurling Chunks of Concrete

It’s easy to be busy with the Christian life—programs, good intentions, real effort—and still be missing the one thing that keeps it all from exploding. In Ephesians 1:15–16, Paul looks at believers whose faith in Jesus is visibly pouring out as love toward one another, and what he does in response is the piece we most often skip.

This Week at Little Hills

Did the sacraments matter to God? Let’s think about that.

Mushrooming Righteousness

We can’t always discern in the moment what’s right and wrong on our own. We need to be focused on God’s glory so we can see where the dangerous paths are.

Where Did You Hear About Us?

We fall into measuring our place with God by how much Scripture we know or how “spiritual” we sound. Paul tells us the real measure is somewhere else: “the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.” What changes when we remember that the Christian journey began by hearing what God has done not what we do?

Doing Something isn't Wisdom, Doing the Right Thing Is

The World says, “if you don’t know what to do just do something.” God says, “if you don’t know what to do, follow me.”

Why You're Really Here

In the movies, every important meeting starts with a clear “You may be wondering why I’ve called you here today.” Real meetings leave you guessing the whole time—and sometimes long after. We often treat God’s Word the same way, yet Ephesians 1 addresses the question head-on: why are you here?

This Week at Little Hills

How much of the truth in the world is from God?