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 Max Lucado · Colossians 1:21 · Christmas
Max Lucado reminds us that Christ is our hope and that we can invite him into our lives anew, and to stay, this Christmas.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 1:21 · Jesus
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us to push past the glittering lights of Christmas and see that God came to be one of us in the gritty and dangerous birth of Jesus of Nazareth to a virgin named Mary and her faithful to Torah husband to be, Joseph the car
by Phil Ware · Colossians 1:27 · Incarnation
Phil Ware reminds us that Mary treasured all the things about Jesus' birth in her heart and we can find our treasure with Jesus as he comes to us in the manger at Advent.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Hebrews 1:1 · Incarnation
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us to push past the glittering lights and see that God came to be one of us in the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.
by Phil Ware · 1 John 4:10 · Jesus · Christmas · Incarnation
Phil Ware shares some thoughts on what incarnation means as the collision of mortality and eternal, God in human flesh.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Hebrews 2:14 · Jesus · Christmas · Incarnation
James and Phil continue their series on The Story of Redemption by focusing on the birth of Jesus and what it means for us.
by Phil Ware · Isaiah 57:15 · Incarnation
Phil Ware reminds us of the discontinuity, the absolute collision, of the grime of our world and the glory of God in the birth of Jesus.
by Max Lucado · John 1:12 · Christmas
Max Lucado reminds us to make our heart a manger and every day Christmas.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 11:21 · Jesus · Christmas · Mary, Jesus' Mother
Phil Ware reminds us of the gritty reality of Jesus' birth and Mary choosing to accept the challenge of being Jesus' mother and reminds us of our need to commit to have Jesus born in our lives.
by Max Lucado · Colossians 1:21 · Christmas
Max Lucado reminds us that Christ is our hope and that we can invite him into our lives anew, and to stay, this Christmas.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Hebrews 2:14 · Incarnation
James and Phil continue their series on The Story of Redemption by focusing on the birth of Jesus and what it means for us.
by Phil Ware · Luke 2:12 · Christmas
This is part of a 4 part series on Jesus' birth called, "Give Me Jesus," and this one focuses on finding him now.
by Phil Ware · Colossians 1:15
Phil Ware begins a four series set of articles for Advent and this first one is called BEFORE and focuses on Jesus being God, pre-existent before the world began.
by Max Lucado · Luke 2:7 · Christmas
Max Lucado reminds that Jesus, the Son of God, the Christ and Messiah, came to us in a manger in Bethlehem.
by Steve Ridgell · Luke 2:10 · Christmas
Christmas is very difficult for many people. Is it really possible to find joy, peace, hope, and love this year.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 10:17
Phil Ware shares his series for December 2015 on welcoming Jesus and focuses on the Magi from the gospel of Matthew and lets that story remind us our need to reach out to the lost and foreigner and alien and refugee among us.
by Phil Ware · Luke 1:26 · Christmas
Phil Ware wishes everyone Merry Christmas for the Heartlight team and shares 3 different ways to share the story of Jesus at Christmas: a short form, the Bible text from "The Voice" Compass Bible and from a Worship House Media video about a child coming.
by Phil Ware · John 1:10 · 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 Rubel Shelly · John 1:14 · Christmas
Rubel Shelly reminds us of what is most important and truthful and what is legend about the Christmas story.
by Danny Sims · Luke 1:26 · Christmas
Danny Sims shares insights into what God is saying in Jesus using the Communion we share at Christmas.
by Rubel Shelly · Romans 14:5 · Christmas
Rubel Shelly reminds us that if we celebrate a holiday, we should do it to honor the Lord.
by Tim Archer · Mark 10:45 · Christmas
We have to remember that the cute little baby in the nativity scene grew up to die on a cross. As Christians, we need the power of the risen Lord who is much more than a tiny baby.
by Alan Smith · 1 John 3:16 · Grace
God's love exhausts all analogies and can only be defined by what he did in Jesus on the cross and in the manger.
by Alan Smith · Acts 20:35 · Christmas
An older lady's mistake with Christmas envelopes reminds us that God never forgets to pay for our gifts!
by Phil Ware · John 1:14 · Grace
A surprising winter snow gives Phil the opportunity to think about the changes of seasons and the falling of grace on us all with the birth of Jesus.
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