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 Joni Eareckson Tada · Proverbs 18:21 · Revenge
Ann Voskamp and Joni Eareckson Tada team up to provide a beautiful and powerful reminder of the power of our words to change everything.
by Steve Ridgell · Luke 10:27 · Heart
God provides help for us to love him and others from the heart.
by Alan Smith · Romans 12:12-21 · Love
Alan Smith reminds us that we can overcome the problems of dislike and proximity, uncomfortability and familiarity through love in very practical steps.
by Lisa Mikitarian · 1 Peter 5:6-7 · 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 · Revelation 7:9-10 · Mission
Phil Ware writes about a group of young men and young women interning in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and the cultural and racial melting pot that is the church.
by Russ Lawson · Proverbs 22:6 · Father's Day
Russ Lawson writes about finding a book with a special inscription for fathers, dads, that reminds us that changing the world comes at a cost and so we step up to the plate and do what a dad is supposed to do.
by Tim Archer · 1 John 4:18 · Fear
We don't have to live in fear of God, waiting for him to zap us when we make a mistake. Yes, our God is a just God who will punish sin. But for those of us who seek him, who enter into a relationship with him, he is merciful and good. His love frees us fr
by Phillip Morrison · 2 Timothy 4:7-8 · Men · Memorial Day
Phillip Morrison remembers a dear friend and patriot and faithful disciple named Bette Johnson.
by Steve Ridgell · Matthew 5:20 · Relationship
Christianity is more than a set of rules no one can follow. It is about a relationship with Jesus.
by Phil Ware · Acts 11:19-30 · Grace
Phil Ware continues his series on The Story and focuses on the church at Antioch and the grace that empowered the church to be all God intended it to be.
by Rubel Shelly · Ephesians 3:19 · Love
Rubel Shelley takes a look at coach Scott Nagy of South Dakota State and sees a great slogan: play like you are loved.
by Rubel Shelly · 2 Corinthians 4:17 · Easter
Rubel Shelly reminds us that Easter is not over as long as Jesus' followers, Christians, his disciples, live out the evidence of his resurrection in their lives by the way they treat others.
by Steve Ridgell · John 3:16 · God
It is dangerous to assume God said something that he did not say. Even worse to think he said something different than what he really said.
by Phil Ware · Mark 1:1-11 · Jesus
Phil Ware continues his series on The Story and reminds us that we can all be John the Baptist, the baptizer, to people around us.
by Phil Ware · John 1:1-18
Phil Ware gets us back into The Story by taking us to Jesus' birth and looking from the prologue of the Gospel of John to try to understand what it means.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 12:1-31 · Spiritual Gifts
Phil Ware reminds us that we are all God's gifted children and that God has put his signature on each of us in three different ways.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 22:34-40 · Love
Phil Ware continues his series on what is core and focuses on love and what it is and how Jesus and God demonstrate it.
by Steve Ridgell · John 3:16 · God
God loves his son. God loves us. Sending Jesus to die on the cross for our sins and then raising him from the dead demonstrates that love.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 1:18-25 · Christmas
Phil Ware finishes the year 2012 with two powerful posts or articles about Jesus' birth and the people gathered around him, and emphasizes that God's greatest beginnings are found in hard endings.
by Phil Ware · John 14:1-4 · Thanksgiving
Phil Ware shares about his son coming for Thanksgiving and it reminds him how much God must anticipate his children coming home to him.
by Ron Rose · Luke 8:16-18 · Listening
Ron Rose reminds us of the importance of listening and listening beyond the words to the heart and then working for God's miracle in people's lives.
by Phil Ware · Ruth 1-4 · Poor
Phil Ware continues his journey through The Story and this week finds us in the book of Ruth and the story about the faith of a foreign woman.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 Peter 3:8-9 · Respect
Rubel Shelly talks about world religions, love, respect, honor, and violence.
by Ron Rose · John 15:16 · Prayer
Ron Rose writes about unanswered prayers and letting God find us and us having conversations with our heavenly Father.
by Steve Ridgell · Philemon 1:7 · Community
I feel sorry for the people in hospital waiting rooms who sit alone.
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