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 Phil Ware · Mark 15:37-47 · Jesus
Phil Ware looks at the Centurions in the New Testament and reminds us that they often believed in Jesus.
by Max Lucado · Exodus 20:6
Max Lucado reminds us of the need and the blessing of obedience.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 5 · Jesus
Phil Ware and James Nored, through word and video, remind us of our need to return to the Jesus-styled kind of life.
by Phillip Morrison · John 19 · Homebound · Holy Week
Phillip Morrison reminds us where the journey of Holy Week ends and our new life in Christ begins, the cross and the empty tomb.
by Phil Ware · John 4:34 · Purpose · Called · Finish
Phil Ware reminds us that we are called to accomplish the mission God has called us to do so that when our days on earth are over we can say we have finished the work he has given us to do.
by Phil Ware · Mark 1:32-45 · Obedience
Phil Ware reminds us that authentic ministry involves listening for the will of God in time in God's presence, genuine compassionate and personal care for those who are broken, and obedience to Jesus as our Lord.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Genesis 11:1-9 · Divorce · Disobedience
James Nored and Phil Ware share in thought and video several important truths about the Tower of Babel story and the human resistance to the will of God.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 15
Phil Ware continues his series called 'I Doubt It' and focuses this week on Jesus having risen from death to never die again.
by Max Lucado · John 5:25-29 · Death
Max Lucado shares insights from the Bible about what happens to us when we die and what Jesus' resurrection means to our hope.
by Phil Ware · John 11
Phil Ware continues his "I Doubt It" series focused today on Jesus' promise to Mary that those who believe in him will never die.
by Phil Ware · John 5:24-25 · Communion
Phil Ware reminds us that though the bread and wine of this meal are simple, so were Jesus' words to Jairus' daughter, and those words changed everything.
by Max Lucado · John 5:1-9 · Obedience
Max Lucado simply reminds us to obey Jesus when he asks something of us.
by Phil Ware · John 14:2 · Communion
Phil Ware reminds us that Jesus made great promises in the context of his Last Supper and one of them promised that we would do greater things than he did.
by James Nored · Genesis 1 · phil · phil
James Nored begins to share his great video series on the Story of Redemption, entitled Finding Your Story in God's Story.
by Patrick D. Odum · Isaiah 40:5-8 · Change
Patrick Odum reminds us that everything changes, but what matters and what lasts is tied to our Father in Heaven.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 7:15-27 · Jesus · Grace · Legalism
Phil Ware reminds us that people make up their own definitions of what grace means all the time, but Jesus defines grace, exemplifies it, and pours it out upon us and he should be our example and definition of grace.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 7:24-27
Phil Ware reminds us of the harsh truth about knowing more than we put into practice, we are certainly called to be much more than a biblical thumb drive.
by Phil Ware · John 5:25 · Grief
Phil Ware pauses and looks at the pain of grieving parents at the loss of a child and reminds us to forgo easy answers and cling to the stories and promises of Jesus.
by Phil Ware · Luke 3:21-22 · Baptism
Phil Ware reminds us of the importance of baptism to Jesus as a new beginning and how that should be important to us.
by Phil Ware · Mark 1:35-45
Phil Ware concludes his six-part series on the man with leprosy that Jesus heals (Mark 1:35-45) and how we can learn to impact the lives of others as Jesus did.
by Phil Ware · Mark 1:35-45 · Jesus · Easter · Resurrection
Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus touching a man with leprosy and focuses on how Jesus' touch and word of command make clean and redeem this man who was left alone to die, abandoned by everyone and everything in his world.
by Rubel Shelly · Luke 2:1-25 · Christmas
Rubel Shelly tells a story about Tommy Luck and the baby that transformed a rough mining town and then reminds us Jesus did the same thing with the world.
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 Steve Ridgell · Luke 9:23 · Following Jesus
The decision to follow Jesus is not about you. If anything, it is about rejecting yourself.
by Phil Ware · Acts 26 · Confidence
Phil Ware continues his series on Saved at Sea focusing on Paul's promise in Philippians 1:6 and Paul's shipwreck and travel to Rome to fulfill his calling from God.