The Dumpster Tree God Chose (December 8, 2024)

We keep chasing what looks impressive—the king like everyone else's, the success the world promises—forgetting it all carries an expiration date, like a freshly cut tree that soon dries out and becomes trash. Samuel falls into the same trap sizing up Jesse's sons in 1 Samuel 16, until the Lord stops him cold: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.

This Week at Little Hills: What is the Lord’s Prayer? (June 30, 2024)

Pastor Tim helps us think about the next question in the New City Catechism (“What is the Lord’s Prayer?”). How does the prayer Jesus taught us help us to understand Him and His will for us better?

This Week at Little Hills: What Should We Pray? (June 22, 2024)

Melanie helps us think about the next question in the New City Catechism (“What should we pray?”). She helps us to think about the sorts of things we can and should spend time on in prayer.

This Week at Little Hills: With What Attitude Should We Pray? (June 15, 2024)

Pastor Tim helps us think about the next question in the New City Catechism (“With what attitude should we pray?”). How do we approach talking with God?

This Week at Little Hills: What is Prayer? (June 9, 2024)

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.

This Week at Little Hills: How Does the Holy Spirit Help Us? (June 1, 2024)

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.

This Week at Little Hills: What Do We Believe About the Holy Spirit? (May 26, 2024)

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.

This Week at Little Hills: Where Does This Faith Come From? (May 19, 2024)

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.

This Week at Little Hills: What Do Justification and Sanctification Mean? (April 26, 2024)

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.

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?