For over 30 years, Heartlight has shared articles to help people live for Jesus in everyday life. While we are no longer publishing new articles, this enduring collection features relevant pieces throughout the year to encourage faith, offer biblical perspective, and speak to real-world joys and struggles.
by Tom Norvell · 2 Thessalonians 3:16
Tom Norvell reminds us this Lord’s Day that Jesus came to give us peace and that peace is meant to be a blessing in the middle of the chaos and uncertainty we face in our world.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · 2 Timothy 4:8
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that sin, both rebellion and missing God's goal of goodness for us, has reaped destruction on all we touch, but that this is not what God intended for us, there is redemption coming!
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 3:20 · Faith
Phil Ware looks at Mark 6:1-6 and reminds us that this story is for us because we are Jesus' family, relatives, and hometown!
by Patrick D. Odum · Job 14:1 · Hope
Patrick Odum picks up a line from a Bruce Springsteen interview and helps us understand the need for being real about our struggles but also celebrating our hope in the gospel.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Genesis 3:8 · Sin · Fall
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that sin, both rebellion and missing God's goal of goodness for us, has reaped destruction on all we touch.
by Phil Ware · Colossians 1:26 · Silence · Significance
Phil Ware reminds us not to put away Jesus with the Christmas lights and blow up snowman, but to remember that Christ is alive in us!
by Phil Ware · 1 John 4:10 · Majesty · Communion
Phil Ware continues his series called Beyond Bread and Wine and focuses on the three sets of words we most long to hear.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Genesis 1:12 · Creation
James Nored and Phil Ware look at Genesis 1 and the Bible's story of Creation and remind us that we are fearfully and wonderfully made.
by Phil Ware · Hebrews 2:14
Phil Ware reminds us that as we clean up from Christmas and New Year, the mess left after the holidays should remind us of the hard times Jesus and his family faced after his birth.
by Tom Norvell · 2 Corinthians 3:18
Tom Norvell reminds us what it means to be in the hands of the potter!
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Creation
James Nored and Phil Ware combine their friendship, skills, and networks (Story of Redemption Films and Heartlight.org and VerseoftheDay.com) and bring us a weekly video and some interesting things to think about as we journey through life with Jesus!
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:18 · Aging
At the beginning of the New Year, and the beginning of his new year of living, Phil Ware challenges us to be more like Jesus, especially in the way he loves people.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · 1 John 1:1 · Incarnation
James Nored and Phil Ware challenge us to faith in the eternal God who chose to reveal himself by becoming human and living in our world
by The Holy Spirit · Luke 2:1
This is the Biblical account of Jesus' birth from Matthew 1 and Luke 2 from the NIV 11 version of the Holy Scriptures.
by Heartlight Team · Christmas
A Christmas prayer from the teams at Heartlight.org and verseoftheday.com.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Luke 2:10 · Christmas · Birth · Incarnation
James Nored on video and Phil Ware with words remind us that the circumstances of the moment can be swallowed up in the greater joy of God's long story of grace that came to us in Jesus of Nazareth.
by Phil Ware · Colossians 1:27 · Incarnation
Phil Ware reminds us that Mary treasured all the things about Jesus' birth in her heart and we can find our treasure with Jesus as he comes to us in the manger at Advent.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Hebrews 1:1 · Advent
James Nored and Phil Ware share the meaning of Jesus' incarnation in word and video using a simple but powerful allegory.
by Phil Ware · Hebrews 12:1 · Incarnation
Phil Ware reminds us that the grit and gore that surrounds Jesus' birth is there to help us know that he came to a world like our own to redeem it.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Revelation 11:15
James Nored and Phil Ware share in video and words the wonder of Jesus’ birth and how it changed the world with the Sound of Music.
by Phil Ware · John 14:1 · Waiting
Phil Ware shares an article about his son coming home from college and how it reminds him of the Father in heaven waiting for us to return home to him.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · 1 John 2:1 · Jesus
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of both the exclusive claim of Jesus as the only way to God and the inclusive fellowship of welcoming all people who truly believed in Jesus.
by Phil Ware · 1 Peter 3:15 · Advent
Phil Ware shares the Heartlight.org team's reading plan for December to help prepare our hearts to welcome Jesus.
by Phil Ware · Colossians 3:16 · Thanksgiving
Phil Ware reminds us that no matter how difficult our circumstances, because of Jesus we have reason to give thanks!
by James Nored & Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 1:18 · Hero
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of that inner part of us that still bears the stamp of God's divine nature, the part that is touched by stories of self-sacrifice.
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