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 Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Psalm 34:10 · Provision
Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to recognize God's greatness and his desire to bless us with every good thing we need.
by Phil Ware · Acts 2 · Mission
Phil Ware acknowledges the burnout and frustration in our church leaders from having to do church online and virtually, but at the same time challenges us to go back to the book of Acts and see how using our technologies to share Jesus is essential.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:18 · Transformation
Phil Ware reminds us that by focusing on Jesus and our need for Jesus to be the transforming presence in our lives the Holy Spirit transforms and conforms us to Jesus with increasing likeness.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 John 4:20 · Racial Prejudice
Rubel Shelly writes about the current epidemic of racism that has shown up in recent days and has been confronted with the Black Lives Matter campaign.
by Tom Norvell · John 14:1-3
Tom Norvell shares with us insight into our skepticism and why we find it so hard to trust anyone.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 18:1-35 · Accountability
Phil Ware continues his series on building a culture of honor with a focus on accountability -- both holding others accountable and holding ourselves accountable for our growth in the Lord.
by Phil Ware · Hebrews 13:5 · Faith · Expectations
Phil Ware continues his series on Out of the Box and Luke 8 and Luke 9 and the limiting expectations we have for encountering and meeting God.
by Bill Brant · 1 Thessalonians 5:14-15 · Accountability
From Cain to Jesus to Paul to us, we are responsible for each other. We are our brother's keeper. But, and this makes all the difference, we are to hold each other accountable to the teachings of Jesus as members of a family, wanting the best for each oth
by Rubel Shelly · Psalm 9:9 · Music · Murder
Rubel Shelly offers us some wise words in the face of the Aurora murders.
by Rubel Shelly · Romans 12:21 · Evil
Rubel Shelly reminds us that some people and some things are simply evil and no other term is appropriate or speaks the truth about the situation.
by Tom Norvell · James 4:13-15 · Life
Tom Norvell reminds us that life is temporary and should mean so much so let's grasp what is good and godly while we are here.
by Rubel Shelly · Matthew 5:16 · Compassion
Rubel Shelly tells the story of Josh Ripley running cross country and helping out a fellow competitor and showing great compassion, kindness, and helpfulness, as a follower of Jesus.
by Phil Ware · Isaiah 6:1-8 · Worship
Phil Ware continues his series on Shift My Life and talks about what it means to live holy!
by Tom Norvell · Matthew 24:35-37 · Judgment
Tom Norvell talks about his NCAA March madness tournament bracket and compares it to some predictions he is sure of in Scripture.
by Phil Ware · Acts 20:7 · Fellowship
Phil Ware talks about the public and house-to-house size gatherings that the early church used to grow and take care of itself.
by Steve Ridgell · 1 Corinthians 10:17 · Church
Being serious about following Jesus means being involved with people that will help you accomplish that.
by Steve Ridgell · Romans 8:13-14 · Commitment
God provides the Holy Spirit and a community of believers to help us fulfill our commitment to Him.
by Steve Ridgell · Daniel 2:44 · Kingdom
The countries and powers of this world do not last. I want to belong to a kingdom that lasts forever. I do.
by Steve Ridgell · Luke 14:25-33 · Jesus
Jesus is worth investigating and Christians should encourage people to take enough time to evaluate his value.
by Rubel Shelly · Luke 14:25-33 · Discipleship
Rubel Shelly shares his thoughts on following through with our commitments using an "eternal flame" that is not so eternal and has been turned off as an example of not counting the cost.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 18:1-35 · Community
Phil Ware looks at Matthew 18 and radical community in our churches.
by Russ Lawson · Romans 13:11-12 · Life
Russ Lawson shares about a pain that awakened him in the night and how it caused him to take a closer look at his life.
by Ann Voskamp · 1 John 4:9
Ann Voskamp comes to a cross behind a country church and is reminded of the grace of Christ to not only save us but to also furnish us the basis of life.
by Bill Denton · Psalm 31:9-10 · Friendship
Bill Denton reminds us of how important quality people are to our lives as we face challenging times.
by Steve Ridgell · Matthew 5:29-30 · Sin
Removing sin from our lives demands radical, aggressive action.
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