Heartlight has published over 4,000 articles for Christians seeking to follow Jesus in everyday life.Written to encourage faith, offer biblical perspective, and speak to real-world joys and struggles, these articles remain fully searchable and freely available. While Heartlight is no longer publishing new articles, this library continues to serve as an active, enduring resource to help people live for Jesus.
by Phil Ware · John 16:31 · Risks
Phil Ware continues his series of insights on living the CRUCIFORMED life Jesus calls all disciples to live on his way to the cross.
by Katha Winther · Psalm 100:1 · Family · Autumn
Katha Winther talks about the good gifts of autumn and the signs of the fall season.
by Melissa Troyer · Ephesians 3:16 · Autumn
Melissa Troyer reminds us that fall beckons us to grasp the last beauty and color of the season before winter overtakes us and to celebrate God's goodness in the changing of the season.
by Bill Sherrill · Ecclesiastes 3:1 · Aging
The seasons, in life and in nature, are reminders of God's power to bring life and warmth out of death and decay.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 15:45
Phil Ware leads us in exploratory devotional thoughts about the first and second Adams and what they mean to us and that Jesus came as Adam 2.0 to bring us a better future and life eternal with and like Jesus.
by Max Lucado · 1 Peter 5:5
Max Lucado reminds us of the high price of our pride.
by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · 1 Timothy 3:16 · Identity
Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead through worship in song, the Lord's Supper, a powerful message from God's word, and a blessing to enable us to worship from home or with family and friends in a meaningful way and ask this important question: Who will
by Phil Ware · 1 John 1:9 · Forgiveness
Phil Ware talks about a broken horse statue and a shattered pink lamp and how God not only forgives but also purifies us and makes us whole.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · 2 Timothy 4:8
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that sin, both rebellion and missing God's goal of goodness for us, has reaped destruction on all we touch, but that this is not what God intended for us, there is redemption coming!
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Genesis 3:8 · Sin · Fall
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that sin, both rebellion and missing God's goal of goodness for us, has reaped destruction on all we touch.
by Phil Ware · John 16:31 · Risks
Phil Ware continues his series of insights on living the CRUCIFORMED life Jesus calls all disciples to live on his way to the cross.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 5:14
Phil Ware continues his series on the biblical view of women and God's plan to use Jesus' people to live out his purposes in his kingdom.
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 2:10 · Grace
Phil Ware reminds of the importance and power of grace and that we can live out of the overflow of this grace and bless others.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Hell
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that human sin and rebellion have left our world a broken mess, not the world God intended for us.
by James Nored and Phil Ware · Genesis 1:31 · Fake · Fall
James Nored and Phil Ware continue helping us find our story in God's story, this time looking at the Fall.
by Steve Ridgell · 2 Peter 2:21 · Falling Away
Dogs go to their vomit and pigs go back to the mud after washing. That is what it is like for a Christian to go back to the world.
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 4:1 · Interim Ministry
Phil Ware continues his series of articles on churches facing the challenges of the interim season and uses the imagery of high mountain climbing to help us appreciate the challenges.
by Ann Voskamp · Thanksgiving
Ann Voskamp reminds us again of the incredible importance of giving thanks.
by Rubel Shelly · 2 Peter 1:5
Rubel Shelly reminds us that the real missing link in so many great athletes, politicians, and business leaders is integrity and character.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 5:14 · Ruts · Role of Women
Phil Ware continues his series on the value of woman in the eyes of God and how we incorporate that value into our belief system, roles, and treatment of women in our church culutures.
by Teresa Bell Kindred · 1 Corinthians 10:12 · Succcess · Stumble
Teresa Bell Kindred reminds us of the danger of the wind and of sin and the resulting fall that each can lead us to make.
by Phil Ware · Ecclesiastes 4:10 · 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 · John 10:10 · Humility
Phil Ware continues his series on Luke 8 and 9 and this week he focuses on what each of these events has in common -- in each one, someone falls at the feet of Jesus.
by Lisa Mikitarian · 1 Peter 5:6 · Mercy
Lisa Mikitarian tells us a wonderful story about the Father's grace revealed in a young girl's fall with the cupcakes made to honor her beloved grandmother.
by Phil Ware · John 3:16 · Reconcile · Rebellion
Phil Ware continues with The Story and focuses on the first eleven chapters of Genesis and the Fall and the brokenness of our world.
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