Articles Tagged 'Disciples'

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.

'What Sort of Man Is This?'

Phil Ware continues his series called 'Saved at Sea' with his fourth message on life's most important question, 'What sort of man is this?'

Who in the world is this man?

Resurrection 2.6: The Lord of Fresh Starts

Phil Ware continues his series on Resurrection 2.0 focusing on Jesus' loving confrontation of Peter about his arrogance and failure and then restoring him back to ministry.

Wouldn't life be better if we could have a fresh start after making a mess of things?

Resurrection 2.2: Sometimes, I Doubt!

Phil Ware continues his series on Resurrection 2.0 focusing this week on the doubts of early disciples, and our times of doubting sometimes in our world.

Do doubts mean I don’t believe?

Resurrection 2.1: In the Breaking of the Bread

Phil Ware continues his series on Resurrection 2.0 and the vital importance of Jesus' resurrection for our life as his disciples today.

What if this song speaks the truth about Jesus' promise to meet us in our world today?

Cruciformed #7: He Knew

Phil Ware continues his series on CRUCIFORMED focusing on the events of Jesus' last week from his Triumphal Entry to his resurrection.

He knew that people were fickle. They could cry out, “Hosanna!” one day, then cry out, “Crucify him!” a week later.

What is CORE: Going

Phil Ware continues his series on "What is CORE" by focusing on Jesus' final and intentional last command to make disciples of all nations, and emphasizes the first process of doing that: GOING!

True disciples of the Lord haven't stopped going ever since Jesus commanded it!

What IS CORE: Disciple-making

Phil Ware continues his series on "What is CORE" by focusing on Jesus' final and intentional last command to make disciples of all nations.

When I die, my prayer is that Jesus will tell me that my life has honored his final command with even more passion and purpose. How about you?

Heaven's Window

Phil Ware shares his second post in his four article series on Peter's confession, focusing this time on our tendency to reduce faith to words and not actions and discipleship.

Doesn't discipleship involve more than just saying the right words?

Resurrection 2.6: The Lord of Fresh Starts

Phil Ware continues his series on Resurrection 2.0 focusing on Jesus' loving confrontation of Peter about his arrogance and failure and then restoring him back to ministry.

Wouldn't life be better if we could have a fresh start after making a mess of things?

Learning to Hear and Experience Jesus

Phil Ware shares how we can experience Jesus in our lives based on Jesus' promises and Matthew's story of Jesus in his Gospel.

We all need to discover that Jesus is not just alive and interceding for us at the right hand of God, but he is also present with us now as our resurrected Lord, Savior, and friend.

What is CORE: Going

Phil Ware continues his series on "What is CORE" by focusing on Jesus' final and intentional last command to make disciples of all nations, and emphasizes the first process of doing that: GOING!

True disciples of the Lord haven't stopped going ever since Jesus commanded it!

What IS CORE: Disciple-making

Phil Ware continues his series on "What is CORE" by focusing on Jesus' final and intentional last command to make disciples of all nations.

When I die, my prayer is that Jesus will tell me that my life has honored his final command with even more passion and purpose. How about you?

I Doubt It: Jesus Is Risen from the Dead

Phil Ware continues his series called 'I Doubt It' and focuses this week on Jesus having risen from death to never die again.

Jesus is risen, and we believe because the first disciples had their doubts!

Raise Up Many Disciples

Dr. Lois Tverberg shares great insights on the meaning of discipleship and a disciple based on their meaning in Jesus' Jewish culture.

Becoming a great rabbi was the highest goal possible, and just to be a disciple of a famous rabbi was an honor.

I Doubt It: The Fields are White

Phil Ware continues his 'I doubt it!' series and looks at Jesus' promise that the fields are ready for harvest.

Can we trust Jesus' words are as true today as they were when he said them?

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?

Seed, Towel, Promise, and Torchlight: The Torchlight

Phil Ware concludes his four-part series on Jesus' Passion called seed, towel, promise, and torchlight.

With Jesus' arrest under torchlight, the end for darkness' reign drew near.

Seed, Towel, Promise, and Torchlight: The Towel

Phil Ware continues his series on Seed, Towel, Promise, and Torchlight focusing on common elements in our world, our lives, that Jesus used to join our hearts to his love.

The hands that would soon be nailed to a cross now reached for a towel to serve those that would abandon him while he hung on that cross, alone!

God, Our Protector!

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in an online, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to remind us of God's promise to protect and deliver his people and be their safe harbor.

Are we locating ourselves strategically, yet dangerously, as God's people so we can make a difference in the world as we rely, together, on God's protection?

8GHT: What Time Is It?

Phil Ware continues his short series on Acts 1:1-11 and focuses today on restoring the kingdom.

Our world is fractured and lost. It needs to see what the way of the Kingdom looks like in real life today!

8GHT: It's All About Jesus

Phil Ware continues his series called 8GHT -- Eight Truths that Turned the World Upside Down! from Acts 1:1-11, this week focusing on Jesus as the Message, Motive, Model, and Mover in the early days of the church.

Behind every move made by disciples in the book of Acts, Jesus was The Mover!

Behind the Well-Known Story, There’s More

Melissa Troyer writes with her unique and young mothering grace as she discovers new truths from an old familiar passage to discover, old stories have new truths when we come with fresh eyes and from a new place in our lives.

God places value in our journey and the discovery of age-old truths that are vibrant and life-changing for us here in our specific new season.

Seed, Towel, Promise, and Torchlight: The Torchlight

Phil Ware concludes his four-part series on Jesus' Passion called seed, towel, promise, and torchlight.

With Jesus' arrest under torchlight, the end for darkness' reign drew near.

Seed, Towel, Promise, and Torchlight: The Towel

Phil Ware continues his series on Seed, Towel, Promise, and Torchlight focusing on common elements in our world, our lives, that Jesus used to join our hearts to his love.

The hands that would soon be nailed to a cross now reached for a towel to serve those that would abandon him while he hung on that cross, alone!

Finding Jesus' Heart for Ministry: Proof

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.

Jesus asks us to trust him — not just for receiving our salvation, but also by obeying him in our daily lives.