Articles Tagged 'Money'

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.

You Got Graced, Man!

Ron Rose is back with his coffee and this time he is thinking and remembering and celebrating the grace a friend received that changed his life and now inspires Ron and his wife Lyn!

I had heard of grace before, but on that day I was in the middle of it.

When the Cost Is too High!

Max Lucado reminds us the real price tag for greed.

If anything costs you your family or your faith, the price is too high!

What Is Your Price?

Max Lucado challenges us to think about how many of us give up our values and most precious life connections for far less than millions of dollars because we are greedy for something.

When questioned, most people questioned would give up many precious things for 10 million dollars. Would you?

When the Cost Is too High!

Max Lucado reminds us the real price tag for greed.

Greed is not defined by what something costs; it is measured by what it costs you.

When Nobody Was Looking

Rubel Shelly reminds us that there are honest athletes and football players.

What would you have done?

Good Samaritan Not Appreciated

Rubel Shelly tells the story of a man finding $1200 and not being thanked when he returned it and he talks about the principle of being a good Samaritan.

Why would anyone not be thankful for getting back $1200?

It Isn't (All) About the Money

Rubel Shelly talks about the best places to work and how it isn't all about money.

Wouldn't you want to work here?

Learning Financial Literacy

Rubel Shelly offers Dave Ramsey's online course for college credit to help students learn the principles of financial management.

Finally a plan that could help our university students before it's too late!

The National Debt

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?

He Didn't Save it for Us

Rubel Shelly talks about a family who found money in the attic of their newly purchased house and returned it to the heirs of the previous owners because they were honest and wanted their kids to know the truth of character.

Integrity can be costly in the long run while paying huge dividends in those we teach!

For Such a Time as This!

Phil Ware continues his series on Light on the Dark Side of the Mountain and uses Esther as a jumping off point for more talk about helping children and orphans.

Is this your time?

Short-term or Long-term?

Mike Barres stresses the importance of giving consistent, long-term care to help people overcome the mess they currently find themselves in.

Will we stick in there or will we bail after a short bit?

A New Normal

Rubel Shelly reminds us that the economic times, especially the financial downturn, gives us an opportunity to learn new things and establish new values, more biblical values, in our approach to consumption, greed, and ownership.

What are you going to do in the new financial environment?

A Little Spunk Needed?

Rob Frazier sees a girl overcoming a handicap and it reminds him how we need to address our financially troubling times.

Isn't this what we need instead of hand-wringing?

How Money Buys Happiness

Rubel Shelly helps us see how money buys happiness, by using it to help others who are in need!

Money can buy happiness?

Damocles, Spock, and Paul

Russ Lawson talks about the Sword of Damocles, Mr. Spock, the apostle Paul and about being satisfied with life.

So when will what you have be enough to be happy?

What Do You Treasure?

Russ Lawson lets silver dollars remind him of long ago with his grandparents and challenge himself right now to treasure the proper things in life.

An old silver dollar evokes many old memories!

Pink Slip

Teresa Bell Kindred shares how her daughter missed the dreaded pink slip given to many teachers in Kentucky, but she also reminds us that God doesn't give pink slips.

What kind of slip are you expecting?

A Moron?

Steve Higginbotham reminds us of a recent news story and disputes the charge that he was a moron, but instead was a man of integrity like we should be?

I'm not sure I'd agree with the assessment that this guy is a moron, do you?

The Lord's Take on the Subject

Phil Ware shares Scriptures pertaining to the IRS deadline for taxes and other issues related to money.

So what are we supposed to do about such days as this?

The Flow

Rubel Shelly reminds us that life's purpose rather than externals or someone else trying to make us happy is the real key to peace and joy in life.

Do you know how to get in the flow?

Money Really Doesn’t Grow on Trees

Money really doesn’t grow on trees -- and some of us are growing more aware of this fact every day. Truthfully, most people deal with financial stress

Are you enslaved to the desire of always wanting more and better?

Right Priorities

When things are not in good shape at home it is usually because our priorities have gotten off track.

How are you going getting your life in proper order?

Being Rich

What we have is not what determines how rich we are and our job is just a means to an end, not the real goal or end.

How much do you really need?

The Best Gifts

Priceless memories that you make with those you love are far more valuable and enduring gifts than anything you can purchase with money.

Are you still trying to buy love at Christmas?