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 Phillip Morrison · Acts 2:38 · Baptism
Phillip Morrison reminds us of the most simple and basic reason of all to be baptized: Jesus wants us to be!
by Tim Archer · Acts 8 · Baptism
The Bible says the Ethiopian eunuch was baptized and went on his way rejoicing. You can too. It was good news for the Ethiopian. It's good news for us. Everyone who is willing to put their faith in Jesus may come to him.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 15:1-7 · Dogs · Mountains
Phil Ware continues his series on knowing the mountains on which we are willing to die -- both doctrinal and missional mountains of significance.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 10:14-16 · Communion
Phil Ware talks about the importance of taking time to remember Jesus and restore Jesus in the Lord's Supper.
by Phil Ware · John 3:1-26
Phil Ware continues his series on the Holy Spirit with a focus on being born of the Spirit and its ties to faith, baptism, and repentance.
by Phil Ware · Galatians 3:26-29
Phil Ware continues his series on the way God values a woman and how Pentecost begins a new humanity that is to work itself out in the life of Jesus' people, the church.
by Tim Woodroof · Ecclesiastes 3 · Church Growth
Tim Woodroof shares the final post or article in his series Change in the Life of Church, and talks about a time to be born and a time to die and asks what time is it in our church?
by Phil Ware · 2 Timothy 2:1-2 · Sagrada Familia
Phil Ware finishes the third in a series of posts that focus on the 2014 July mission trip to Lima, Peru and Sagrada Familia children's home and he focuses on the last day of saying good bye and welcoming new children into the family of God.
by Tim Archer · Luke 18:10-14 · Salvation
Jesus wants to remind us that performing a series of religious acts doesn't make us right with God. Our attitude matters. What the Bible calls "the heart." While men look at the outside, God looks at the heart.
by Brian McCutchen · Acts 2:38 · Salvation
Brian McCutchen talks about Connie, her cancer, and her coming to Jesus in faith and baptism and leading many of her family to join her.
by Phil Ware · Luke 15 · Waiting
Phil Ware shares his heart about someone who is precious to him who needs to come to the Lord and has not yet done so.
by Phil Ware · Luke 3:21-22 · Affirm
Phil Ware continues his series on building a culture of honor focusing on affirmation.
by Bill Brant · Hebrews 10:32 · Baptism
Remembering the joy of our conversion can help us to live better today
by Phillip Morrison · Matthew 25:40 · Burnout · Build
Phillip Morrison shares an experience building a Habitat for Humanity house with an African American Methodist preacher and him a Church of Christ preacher.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 1:23 · Jesus
Phil Ware continues his series on The Yearning, our need and desire and longing for Jesus to be real to us and close to us and experienceable in our daily lives.
by Brian McCutchen · 1 John 1:9 · Grace
Brian McCutchen talks about the night he was baptized and the fear he felt and his desire to know he was going to heaven and now he is assured of those things because he understands God's grace.
by Phil Ware · Galatians 3:26-29 · Baptism
Phil Ware continues his series on What is Core by talking about baptism and why it is important.
by Tim Archer · Romans 6:4 · New Year · Newness · New Life
New weeks and new years feel like new beginnings, but only God can truly make things new.
by Steve Ridgell · Conversion
What do I have to know? What do I have to do? Then what? These are the questions you must have answered to become a Christian.
by Phil Ware · Acts 2:36-42
Phil Ware begins a series of messages from Acts 2 and 3 on greater things that Jesus does through his followers.
by Steve Ridgell · 1 Peter 3:1 · Life
Grace, forgiveness, redemption, and other Christian words can only be understood by non-Christians in the context of how we Christians live.
by Phil Ware · Acts 2:36-47 · Forgiveness
Phil Ware continues his series on Better Broken reminding us that God can make us better after we have been broken and use us to do his work in the Kingdom because of two things: forgiveness we receive in Jesus through baptism and the power of the Holy Sp
by Phil Ware · Acts 2:36-41 · Baptism
Phil Ware continues his series called Last Words, First Priority and emphasizes the line in the sand moment we call baptism.
by Tim Archer · Titus 3:5 · Baptism
There is no cleansing like the one that God gives us when we give our life to Him.
by Steve Ridgell · 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 · Baptism
Gospel means good news. Jesus died for your sins. You can make this good news part of your life.
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