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 Mark Frost · Acts 1 · Body of Christ
Mark Frost of Interim Ministry Partners shares insight on viewing the church through the lens of Acts and focuses today on the church being the living, breathing, embodiment or incarnation of Jesus to the world.
by Phil Ware · Colossians 1:24 · Mothers
Mom, our mothers, pay a high price for loving us and bringing us to Jesus.
by Tim Woodroof · Romans 12 · Spiritual Gifts
Tim Woodroof continues the series on a church finding or calling a new preaching minister or senior pastor, especially during interim ministry, and the key point is that a church needs to know who it is and what God has called them to do before they try t
by Greg Anderson · Acts 20 · Personhood · People
Greg Anderson continues the series from Interim Ministry Partners about helping a church discover its mission by focusing on the people in the process.
by Tom Norvell · Romans 12:3-8
Tom Norvell reminds us that God made us uniquely to be us and the best thing we can be is to be who we were born and re-born to be.
by Tim Archer · Ephesians 5:30 · Body of Christ
The church isn't an organization; it's an organism. Membership isn't optional. If we are in Christ, in a saving relationship with him, then we are necessarily members of his body. Christians don't choose to belong to the church; if they belong to Christ,
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 12:1-31 · Spiritual Gifts
Phil Ware reminds us that we are all God's gifted children and that God has put his signature on each of us in three different ways.
by Phil Ware · Luke 24:13-27 · Communion
Phil Ware talks about what is core to our faith and then ties it to everyday meals as well as our celebration of the Lord's Supper.
by Phil Ware · Romans 12:3-8 · Spiritual Gifts
Phil Ware continues his just one series and focuses on using our spiritual gift and the principles involved.
by Rubel Shelly · Luke 1:51-54 · Religious
Rubel Shelly tackles the myth that you can be spiritual without being a part of a religious community, at least as a Christian.
by Tim Archer · Romans 12:4-5
Being a member of the body of Christ means forming part of a living organism. It's not like being a member of a club or member of an insurance plan.
by Ron Rose · 1 Corinthians 1:26 · Called
Ron Rose talks about wilderness periods in our lives and God's holy calling for us to live among people and serve them.
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 4:1-16 · Unity
Phil Ware continues his series on SpiritFire and challenges us to look at the importance of the unity of the Spirit.
by Tim Archer · Mark 10:29-30 · Community
Sports unite people who share the same loyalty. But an even greater bond is formed among those who share the same Lord.
by Phil Ware · John 1:1-18 · Incarnation
Phil Ware continues his C2K or church to Kingdom series emphasizing that our message must be lived, displayed, and demonstrated and not just spoken.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 · Holy Spirit
Phil Ware continues his series on SpiritFire focusing on our bodies being the Temple of God in which God lives by His Holy Spirit.
by Phil Ware · Luke 10:29-37 · Delivered
Phil Ware uses a car full of girls running out of gas on the way to church to connect Jesus' ministry and Moses' call to our opportunity to be God's tools of deliverance in the lives of those around us.
by Tom Norvell · 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 · Influence
Tom Norvell shares with us some insights from 1 Thessalonians and how to life a quiet life and honor God and win the hearts of outsiders.
by Lisa Mikitarian · 1 Corinthians 12:12-14 · Gifts
Lisa Mikitarian has a sticking key on her laptop, the letter "U" and it makes things look a little strange but it helps remind her how everyone is important!
by Alan Smith · Hebrews 8:13 · Death
Alan Smith reminds us that we are all vanishing away, our bodies grow older and we face challenges, but understanding this and what it means to us is dependent upon our relationship with Christ.
by Alan Smith · Romans 12,1 · Gifts
Alan Smith talks about a junior high music teacher whose students didn't play.
by Paul Faulkner · James 5:16 · Soul
Healing after surgery is directly related to support from prayer.
by Phil Ware · Colossians 1:28-29 · Christlikeness
We will find the presence of Jesus in our lives when we are willing to be his presence in the lives of others.
by Tricia Goss · Matthew 28:34-38 · Kindness · Compassion · Help
We need to be those that serve and not like those who tell others to serve.
by Larry Zinck · Mark 10:43-45 · Service
While we don't like the thought of being a doormat, the example of Jesus teaches us some things about our need to serve others.
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