Articles by Timothy R. Butler

Timothy R. Butler is Editor-in-Chief of Open for Business. He also serves as a pastor at Little Hills Church and FaithTree Christian Fellowship.

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Press the Siren Button: Risky Repentance Over Comfortable Steeples (November 16, 2025)

Comfort, institutional preservation, and tribal identity can crowd out obedience to God’s call in our lives. Do we hear His call to reach those in need of His Grace and to live in the “risky repentance” that involves?

Know the Full Story (November 10, 2025)

The wonder of what God does for us is so much greater when we don’t forget the story behind it.

Electric Eels, Black Ice, and the God You Can't Derail (November 9, 2025)

Solomon, Rehoboam, and Jeroboam all treated God’s promises like something they could improve on or control on their own terms only to encounter the pavement courtesy of the black ice of sin. Our efforts end like that, but God’s faithfulness outlasts our failures.

Adopting a Dead Dog (November 3, 2025)

As we continue in Ephesians 2, we’re reminded of how God loves us even when we are of no value at all.

This Week at Little Hills (November 2, 2025)

Pastor Tim talks about the job of officers in the church — what are the “offices’ and what do they do?

Are We in the Air Without a Parachute? (October 27, 2025)

We return to Ephesians in a new series in the second chapter and to start us off Pastor Tim reflects on our state without God.

This Week at Little Hills (October 27, 2025)

Pastor Tim previews our new Monday night series — Dead then Alive — and reflects on how God rescues us from being dead.

God Doubles Down (October 26, 2025)

A folding map only works if you already know where you are. Enough wrong turns, and you’re stuck staring at it with no idea how to find yourself—let alone get back on course. Psalm 89 asks what God’s promises do for those of us who aren’t the Hannahs and Davids, who look at the map and go the wrong way.

Do We Believe His Words? (October 20, 2025)

As we wrap up our series in John 5, we are confronted with the most important question: do we believe His words?

Not Revenge, Not Retreat, But Relief. (October 19, 2025)

God works through ordinary people facing extraordinary pain. Hannah, a barren woman in a hostile household, pours out her anguish before the Lord rather than seeking revenge or retreating and He answers. He still does.

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