Entries Tagged 'Sanctification'
Zealousness Is Not Faithfulness (October 11, 2026)
This week’s sermon:
What if zeal aimed at God can still be working against Him? The future Apostle Paul had plenty of zeal as he persecuted the church, but he would soon learn that isn’t enough.
The Comfort Food of Grace (September 14, 2026)
This week’s Steadfast:
When things feel overwhelming, you reach for comfort food—a buttery potato, a square of chocolate—knowing none of it will fix the job or the diagnosis. In 2 Corinthians 1:3–6, Paul calls God “the God of all comfort” while placing that comfort squarely in the midst of affliction, not beyond it. When God does not remove the pain, could comfort be arriving in a form you did not expect?
Don't Burn the Burger (September 7, 2026)
Tonight’s message:
When repeated failure makes a person look like a lost cause, writing them off can feel less like cruelty than common sense. Yet Paul opens 2 Corinthians 1 by addressing a fractured, correction-resistant congregation as “the church of God” and “saints”—then speaking grace and peace over people who appear to deserve neither.
You Gotta Serve Somebody (May 24, 2026)
This week’s sermon:
We crave freedom, but Bob Dylan was right when he sang, “You Gotta Serve Somebody.” No matter how strong that craving, we’ll find ourselves serving either righteousness or unrighteousness.
Don't Break the New Software (May 17, 2026)
Sunday night’s message:
When the old broken software finally gives way to something that works, the last thing you’d do is press every button just to break the new one on purpose. Yet that same impulse faces us in the Christian life, and Paul confronts it head-on in Romans 6:14-15: since we are not under law but under grace, shall we sin?
Don't Give God the Half-Empty Box (May 10, 2026)
Sunday night’s message:
Even good things we pursue can drift from their real meaning into empty gestures that change nothing. Sin whispers the same trade—“focus on me and I’ll give you what you want”—yet Paul answers it in Romans 6: do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires, but present yourselves to God as those brought from death to life.
Stop Burgling After the Cross (May 3, 2026)
This week’s sermon:
We think, “If only I had enough money, my life would change forever,” yet even a life-altering jackpot can’t easily eliminate the old self. Romans 6:10 tells us the death Christ died, He died to sin once for all, but the life He lives, He lives to God.
Punch Through the Turbulence (April 26, 2026)
Sunday night’s message:
We long for fresh starts, yet even after coming to Christ we can feel the pull to return to the same old sins and familiar ways. Romans 6:6–9 says our old self was crucified with Christ and that death no longer rules him—so what does that new standing mean for believers still facing temptation, failure, and the daily work of living for him?
Dead to Sin, Alive to Mission (April 12, 2026)
Sunday night’s message:
A voyage to the moon can feel finished once splashdown comes and the pictures stop, yet those who flew it insist it is only the start. Romans 6 challenges us to see the same of Easter: we’re not at the end of our old debt, but the beginning of our new life in Jesus.
This Week at Little Hills - Nehemiah (March 9, 2026)
What does God want us to rebuild? Pastor Tim turns to Nehemiah next in 52 Verses, 52 Books and 52 Weeks for 2026 as we think about that.




