Entries Tagged 'Grace'
The Blind Man Who Could See (June 30, 2024)
There’s a blind man sitting by the road outside Jericho in Luke 18, and the crowd wants him to be quiet—he’s an embarrassment, a distraction from something more important. He cries out anyway: “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.” Whatever it is that makes you feel like the person everyone else wants to go away, this passage is for you.
Why We Can't Hear What God Is Saying (June 23, 2024)
Clear words can still sail right past us when they aren’t the news we want. In Luke 18, Jesus tells the Twelve exactly what’s about to happen to Him, yet they were just like us: they didn’t want to hear.
What Are You Still Holding Onto? (June 16, 2024)
There’s always one thing we’d rather not put on the table when God asks us to give something up—and we usually know exactly what it is. In Luke 18, a rich man walks away from Jesus grieving because that one thing is precisely what Jesus names, and the disciples’ stunned question in response—”then who can be saved?”—turns out to be our question too.
One Thing You Still Lack (June 9, 2024)
Most of us have something we’d rather not put on the table before God—something we’re holding just tightly enough that we hope He won’t notice. In Luke 18, a ruler who has kept the commandments since his youth comes to Jesus asking what he still must do to inherit eternal life, and Jesus names exactly the one thing he isn’t ready to hear.
The Blood Is Still Fresh (May 26, 2024)
It’s easy to look across the room and thank God we’re not like that person—the failure, the compromiser, the obvious sinner. In Luke 18, Jesus tells a parable to confront such self-righteousness in 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.
There Ain't No Grave (May 12, 2024)
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.
This Week at Little Hills: Must We Still Do Good Works and Obey God’s Word? (May 11, 2024)
Pastor Tim takes us to the question “Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through Christ alone, must we still do good works and obey God’s Word?” 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.
This Week at Little Hills: Should Those Who Have Faith In Christ Seek Their Salvation Through Their Own Works, or Anywhere Else? (May 5, 2024)
Greg takes us to the question “Should those who have faith in Christ seek their salvation through their own works, or anywhere else?” 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.
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.
Subscribe as a Podcast
Prefer to listen in the car or while doing other activities away from your computer? You can subscribe to the True Life podcast with your favorite podcast app. Subscribe using the links below for your favorite podcast app or directly use our podcast feed in any app that supports RSS.
Yale Wall Designs