Articles Tagged 'Angels'

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.

Escaping the Monotony of Low Expectations

Phil Ware reminds us to celebrate Advent and not simply settle for Christmas, especially in a hard year like this one.

Advent is rooted in the work of God in history, through real people, to do the miraculous in the most human of things, through the birth of a child.

Resurrection!

A Bible description of Jesus' resurrection taken from a harmony of the Gospels.

Have you read the story lately? Are you celebrating life made new by our resurrected Savior?

8GHT: Don't Just Stand There

Phil Ware finishes his series called 8GHT and focuses on Jesus' command for us to quit standing around and doing nothing but to go and do something to redeem our lost world.

As our world sinks ever deeper into the abyss of division, evil, hatred, and violence, Jesus followers must do more than spout platitudes, post opinions, blame others, go to church, pray, and preach.

FEPDO

Phil Ware talks about a discovery he made in Acts 1 -- that the early disciples chose to depend upon God's guidance for their direction, decisions, and future.

In cornbread English, these loose lug nuts didn't have a clue about what to do next, so they looked to God for guidance.

Our Intersection with Joy

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.

God's long story of grace intersected the mess of our world, and the rest of this story is our good news of great joy.

Escaping the Monotony of Low Expectations

Phil Ware reminds us to celebrate Advent and not simply settle for Christmas, especially in a hard year like this one.

Advent is rooted in the work of God in history, through real people, to do the miraculous in the most human of things, through the birth of a child.

Far Beyond the Monotony of Low Expectations

Phil Ware reminds us to celebrate Advent and not simply settle for Christmas, especially in a hard year like this one.

Advent is rooted in the work of God in history, through real people, to do the miraculous in the most human of things, through the birth of a child.

Our Intersection with Joy

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.

God's long story of grace intersected the mess of our world, and the rest of this story is our good news of great joy.

Resurrection!

A Bible description of Jesus' resurrection taken from a harmony of the Gospels.

Have you read the story lately? Are you celebrating life made new by our resurrected Savior?

The Birth of Jesus

This is the Biblical account of Jesus' birth from Matthew 1 and Luke 2 from the NIV 11 version of the Holy Scriptures.

Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.

Our Intersection with Joy

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.

God's long story of grace intersected the mess of our world, and the rest of this story is our good news of great joy.

Far Beyond the Monotony of Low Expectations

Phil Ware reminds us to celebrate Advent and not simply settle for Christmas.

Advent is rooted in the work of God in history through real people to do the miraculous in the most human of things, the birth of a child.

Angels Among Us!

Brian McCutchen reminds us of the special role God has for angels in our lives.

You never know who a stranger is or the special person who is helping you out of an embarrassing mess!

Jesus. Birth!

Phil Ware wishes everyone Merry Christmas for the Heartlight team and shares 3 different ways to share the story of Jesus at Christmas: a short form, the Bible text from "The Voice" Compass Bible and from a Worship House Media video about a child coming.

Three different ways to tell the story of our Savior's birth — short form, Bible verses, video!

Beginnings in Endings: Mary Did You Know?

Phil Ware finishes the year 2012 with two powerful posts or articles about Jesus' birth and the people gathered around him, and emphasizes that God's greatest beginnings are found in hard endings.

Mary's simple life was about to come to a dramatic end!

Pope Benedict 'Debunks' Christmas?

Rubel Shelly reminds us of what is most important and truthful and what is legend about the Christmas story.

What's going on here with our traditions?

Get Your Head Out of the Clouds!

Phil Ware begins the New Year with an article or post about the book of Acts and the power of Jesus and the Holy Spirit to take broken people and use them powerfully to change the world.

Move beyond resolutions to Kingdom living!

Why Shepherds?

Phil Ware looks at the birth of Jesus and asks the very simple question: why did God reveal the birth of his Son to shepherds first?

Of all the people to announce the coming of heaven's glory, why did God choose this bunch?

Down the Hill, Waiting for the Return

Phil Ware continues his series on the mission trip to Sagrada Familia, The Community in Lima, Peru, and ties it in this article or post to Jesus' ascension.

How can you compare these two things?

After the Angel Leaves

Phil Ware begins a 4 part series on Mary, the mother of Jesus, called Windows to Wonder, and talks about how the angel left Mary and Mary's life began to unfold with challenges and difficulties, but she maintained faith.

So how do we keep on keeping on after the angel leaves?

Face of God?

Phil Ware takes an incident of love and laughter with his foster grandson and learns a powerful insight into God, who chose to let us see his face and hear his voice in Jesus.

How do we recognize God when He shows up in our world?

It's Almost Time ...

Tom Norvell describes what it is like to be ready for Christmas on Christmas eve and wonders what it was like for God on the eve of His Son's birth into the world.

Are you ready for the big day to arrive?

What Christmas Teaches

Rubel Shelly reminds us that Christmas can be a time where we escape the realities of the world and rejoice.

Can you escape the traps?

There When Daddy Can't Be!

Phil Ware shares a memory from over ten years ago about his daughter and an angel.

Who can help your daughter when you can't be around?

On Tiptoe!

Whether Christmas comes on December 25 or not doesn't really matter, what does matter is that Jesus came and the angels declared it and that we celebrate it with great joy.

I wonder what it was like when the angel learned he would bring the news?