Trump Isn’t the Savior (and Neither Is A Conviction Against Him)

I could have written this column, regardless of the outcome. Half the country has put its hopes in an all too human “savior.” Half the country has put its hopes on the defeat of that man. Today marks either a celebration or a catastrophe if one’s hopes rest on the state of President Trump. That tells more of our false hopes than anything else.

Don't Hang Up on God (May 19, 2024)

Sunday night’s message:

We’ve all prayed about something so long that we start to wonder if God has put us on hold—and whether anyone is ever going to pick up. In Luke 18, Jesus tells a parable about a powerless widow who keeps pleading before a judge who neither fears God nor respects people, and asks whether his people will keep crying out to him day and night or simply lose heart.

There Ain't No Grave (May 12, 2024)

Sunday night’s message:

We’ve all held something we couldn’t restore—a plan, a relationship, a season of life that’s gone dry—and kept clenching it anyway, as if sheer will might put flesh back on the bone. Naomi knew that feeling: she went away full and came back empty, and the Book of Ruth shows what God does with that kind of emptiness.

The Smoker Takes Time (April 22, 2024)

Tonight’s message:

If God is a God of justice (and He is), then how do we live in a time of injustice? David wrestles with this in the middle of Psalm 7.

The Sin-quake Will Be Dampened (April 15, 2024)

Tonight’s message:

If God is a God of justice (and He is), then how do we live in a time of injustice? David wrestles with this in the middle of Psalm 7.

Love That Isn't Eclipsed (April 8, 2024)

This week’s Steadfast:

David doesn’t ask God to only judge others, but himself, too. How can he do that? Does he believe himself to be above sin? Or is it that his hope isn’t in himself?

Call Me Mara (April 7, 2024)

Sunday night’s message:

Problems pile on until life feels more like a grave than renewed life, and we wonder where God is. The Book of Ruth opens with Naomi back from Moab empty and bitter, renaming herself Mara because the Almighty has dealt harshly with her—still certain God is King, yet unable to see whether that King still loves her. Is there hope when we find ourselves feeling the same way?

We're the Fools (April 1, 2024)

Tonight’s Steadfast:

Sometimes our attempts to fix our situations we need rescue from go as badly as poorly planned April Fool’s jokes.

We See a Risen King (March 31, 2024)

This week’s sermon:

The disciples at first saw an empty grave, but not a Risen King. We can find ourselves doing the same.

This Week at Little Hills: Easter Saturday (March 30, 2024)

Pastor Tim reflects on the empty tomb’s uncertainty before the disciples encountered the Risen Jesus.