Articles Tagged 'Edit'

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.

How to Discredit Christianity

by Rubel Shelly · Mark 13:32-33 · Parousia

Rubel Shelly reminds us that wild predictions about Jesus' return on specific dates often are used by sceptics to discredit Christianity.

Want to know how to make unbelievers disbelieve even more?

Delete! Delete! Delete!

by Rubel Shelly · Proverbs 10:19

Rubel Shelly reminds us that we have to choose our words carefully because we don't have an unsend button for our mouth or a delete button to use after the words are spoken.

What can you do after the message is sent?

Edited by Grace

by Phil Ware · Ephesians 2:8-10 · Grace

Phil Ware writes about the funeral of his father-in-law Mel Nelson and reminds us what it means to be edited by grace.

Now this is a reason to rejoice in hope!

A Few Minutes Alone

by Rubel Shelly · Psalm 46:10 · Contemplation

Rubel Shelly talks about an airport delay that ended up in a blessed day alone with God focusing and praying on the things and people that matter most and being present with God in the quietness of the moment.

When is time waiting, not wasted?

Where Is Your Olive Oil?

by Robyn F. Johnson · 2 Kings 4:1-7 · Providence

Robyn F. Johnson shares the story of the widow and Elisha in 2 Kings 4, and she reminds us that God cares for us and provides for us, we just need to look for our little vial of olive oil and offer it to him.

Where do you go when you don't think you have enough?

The National Debt

by Rubel Shelly · 1 Timothy 6:10-19 · Money

Rubel Shelly is talking about money and debt and solutions to it at a national and personal level.

How did we get into this mess?

Trust?

by Patrick D. Odum · Matthew 5:13-16 · Trust

Patrick Odum talks about a strange occurrence involving trust, a New York ad agency worker, a homeless man, and an American Express Card, which reminds us that God trusts us.

I'm not sure I'm that trusting: are you?

Bzrp-cha-ta-bzrp!

by Phil Ware · Matthew 6:17-18 · Generosity

Phil Ware looks back on an old reel-to-reel recording and editing session and reflects how he could sure use that same kind of thing in his life!

What in the world is that sound?

Give Mary Credit

by Jeff Lee · Luke 1:37-38 · Mary, Jesus' Mother

Jeff Lee reminds us about Mary's faith, but he also reminds us of the importance of having a heart like hers.

What about Mary?

The War on Materialism

by Rubel Shelly · Luke 12:15 · Greed

Rubel Shelly writes about our greatest cultural enemy in spiritual warfare, consumerism or greed.

What's the real threat to our culture?

A Sabbath Rest

by Paul Faulkner · Mark 2:27 · Rest

Paul Faulkner reminds us that we need to rest 1 in 7 if we are going to fully experience life and be productive.

Do you rest at least one day per week?

Who Can Be Still?

by Rubel Shelly · Psalm 107 · Prayer

Trying to find time to be still and wait for God feels awfully impossible in our busy world today, so why not cry out to God in the struggles and noise you face today?

Do you have a place or a time when you can really be still?

The Jesus Filter

by Russ Lawson · Ephesians 2:5 · Jesus

Russ reminds us that we are to have the mind of Christ, our Jesus filter, through which we process the things in our lives and the way we look at people around us.