Easter is GodR17;s profound statement that He not only listens, but He also saves.
We think weR17;re so strong until weR17;re not—and Genesis 26 puts that uncomfortable truth right in front of us, as Isaac moves almost without pause from a mountaintop moment of GodR17;s renewed covenant promise straight into lying about his own wife out of fear.
On Easter, we celebrate GodR17;s great reversal, yet many of us still carry wildernesses where things feel anything but right. Mary Magdalene was in such a wilderness in John 20 as she wept outside of the tomb. In the wilderness, we often cannot see when Jesus is right in front of us.
Christmas has a way of feeling like a destination—the carols, the decorations, the nativity—as though the manger is where everything finally arrives. John 1 wonR17;t let it stay there: the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and the question John presses is what exactly that birth was launching toward and what it means for us now.
Most of us know our own dirt isnR17;t the curated kind—and suspect it may be too much to clean up. In Matthew 9, Jesus walks past everyone with the polished-for-consumption sob story and stops at a tax collectorR17;s booth, a man whose sin was public knowledge, and says simply, “Follow me.̶1;
What is required to be a Christian? We believe that trusting in Jesus for salvation, confessing him to be your Lord and Savior, is the necessary step for being a Christian. At the same time, there is much more the Bible has to say that it is important for Christians to know and to grow in the truth of and what follows gives you an understanding of how we understand different key Biblical teachings at Little Hills.
Pastor Tim shares a message on fear, shame and the Resurrection from John 20:19-21.
Pastor Tim continues our series, “the Weary World Rejoices.̶1; This week, we will look at the hope we discover in the ShepherdsR17; story.
This week, Jim Krenning takes us to 1 Peter 2:16 to think about Christian freedom for our journey through 52 Verses from 52 Books in 52 Weeks.
Join us as Jim takes us to 2 Peter to think of the real source for how we become “better people.̶1; It isnR17;t a self-help book.