Articles by Timothy R. Butler

Timothy R. Butler is Editor-in-Chief of Open for Business. He also serves as a pastor at Little Hills Church and FaithTree Christian Fellowship.

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Listening for the Arrows (January 7, 2024)

The decorations come down, the calendar turns, and Christmas recedes into memory—but Matthew 2 insists there’s something that doesn’t go out of season. And if the Gospel doesn’t go out of season, are we keeping ourselves focused on where it is pointing us?

Twelve Days of Christmas 2023 - Epiphany

How can we envy given what God has given us? Paul has us think about our impulse to envy as we wrap up Galatians 5.

Twelve Days of Christmas 2023 - Day 12

As we near the end of Galatians 5, Paul calls us to live as those without strife. Can we take strife-free living into our communities this New Year?

Twelve Days of Christmas 2023 - Day 11

God calls us to lives of humility, appropriate before the one who humbled Himself even though He deserved not to.

Twelve Days of Christmas 2023 - Day 10

How do we live lives filled with the Fruit of the Spirit? It all depends on His Spirit.

Twelve Days of Christmas 2023 - Day 9

Pastor Tim thinks about what self-control looks like in relation to how we interact with others in this New Year.

Twelve Days of Christmas 2023 - Day 8

Pastor Tim thinks about how the different aspects of the Fruit of the Spirit connect together as we arrive at the halfway point of our Twelve Days of Christmas journey to Epiphany.

Bold Without the Flamethrower (December 31, 2023)

There’s a pull in all of us to take the kind of strength the world respects—talk tough, take no prisoners, own the other side—and call that faithfulness. Does the way we fight for truth actually looks anything like Jesus?

Twelve Days of Christmas 2023 - Day 6

Pastor Tim contemplates showing goodness on this Sixth Day of Christmas. How has God shown goodness to us and how can we show goodness to others?

Twelve Days of Christmas 2023 - Day 5

Pastor Tim contemplates showing kindness on this Fifth Day of Christmas. How can we be the “kind” of people who are known as kind?

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