A String to Our Purpose

We have so many different directions we could follow, but God has a particular one for us that allows us to be part of a masterpiece rather than a cacophony.

Stop Reaching Between the Boulders

We keep reaching for more—a better version of the Christian life, a deeper secret, some upgrade that will finally make everything click—when Ephesians 1 says God has already lavished wisdom and insight on us and made known the mystery of His will. What does it look like to actually live in that, rather than keep reaching past it?

Maybe I Just Wanna Be Dumb

If the wisdom the world offers so often seems to point to doing the wrong thing, do we want to give up on wisdom entirely?

Wrong Turn, No Return

We turn onto the lane that looks like home, only to find barriers on both sides and nowhere left to go. Foot still on the accelerator, locked on the road to death, the only hope we have is mercy—and Ephesians 1:7 speaks right into that place: in him we have redemption through his blood.

We Need to Draw by Number

We try to draw out what reverence and recognition of God looks like, but our drawings end up a mess unless we let God guide us.

Chosen Before Everything Changed

We live in a world of constant flux, where nothing is truly stable and even the things that feel permanent haven’t been around that long. Yet Ephesians 1 takes us further back than any of it: God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world.

Is Wisdom Worth Searching for?

As we return to Proverbs this summer, we look to Proverbs 2. The challenge in seeking wisdom is that the results often take time — are they worth the wait?

Part of a Complete Breakfast

We’ve all felt the crash that follows a sugar high—the emotional win, the reassuring word, the earthly success that lifts us for a moment before the bottom drops out again. Paul knew that feeling too, which is why he doesn’t merely greet the Ephesians with good wishes but with something that doesn’t fade: “grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”

We are Never Between God's Love

The truth of Pentecost is that we live between the Ascension and Jesus’s return, but we do not live between God’s love.

A Fed Bear Is a Dead Bear

We all know what it’s like to chase after things that look like they’ll satisfy—achievements, credentials, the sense that we’ve finally earned our place. Ephesians 1:1 stops that chase cold, pressing the question of where our calling and our life as God’s people actually come from.

Leaders from Jesus, Leaders from Within

The death of Judas provided the first opportunity to address a perennial issue for the church: how do we find those called to lead the church?

Time to be Done with Thoughts and Prayers?

The early church needed preparation before their mission. What did they do to prepare to share the Gospel with the world?

God Redeems Tornadoes

Paul left a wide path of destruction as he went city to city persecuting God’s people, and yet in 1 Timothy 1:15, even as he names himself the foremost of sinners Jesus came to save, he can say that last part: Jesus came to save him. And He came to save us, too.

This Week at Little Hills

This week Pastor Tim turns to the book of Acts to think of how God’s Spirit helps us to be the people He made us to be.

Are We Stuck Looking Up?

As Jesus ascended into Heaven, the disciples needed to be challenged on what they were going to do next.

Fix Your Engine

Most of us know what it’s like to mean every word of a commitment to God and then watch ourselves fail it just the same. Peter, the disciple who promised to die for Jesus and then denied him three times, knew that feeling better than anyone. John 21 is for all of us who find ourselves in that failed committer camp.

This Week at Little Hills

This week Pastor Tim turns to the book of Acts to think of how God’s Spirit helps us to be the people He made us to be.

The Recipe for a Syrupy Mess

We keep wanting knowledge and power to get to what we think will make ourselves secure. God calls us instead to see how He makes us secure.

Brew the Coffee Now

We can be inclined to delay approaching God, too busy obsessing on our doubts to come, much like Thomas in John 20. But Thomas did come and so should we.