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 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 · Mark 10:13-16 · Compassion
Phil Ware shares a recent heart-gripping moment they had with their compassion child from Uganda and what it all means as he remembers a trip from 5 years ago with Compassion Bloggers.
by Ben Steed · Matthew 19:14 · Compassion · Poor · Compassion International
A closer look at the work of Compassion International in Colombia.
by Phil Ware · John 1 · Christmas
Phil Ware shares a collection of Scriptures that talk about the significance of Jesus' birth.
by Phil Ware · John 1:1-18 · Incarnation
Phil Ware continues his series on I AM, God's handwritten messages from heaven and focuses on the bottom line faith requirement -- Jesus is God come in human flesh.
by Phil Ware · John 1:1-18 · Incarnation
Phil Ware talks about why he and about 100 others go to Peru each year when it costs so much.
by Rick Brown · Romans 8:1 · New Year
Rick Brown reminds us that even though we may have already begun to slip back into the old way of living, the New Year can be bring us fresh life if we remember this.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 28:18-20 · Disciple Making
Phil Ware finishes his Just One series by calling us to help others find their one song.
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.
by Rubel Shelly · Ephesians 5:25-27 · Church
Rubel Shelly writes an article parallel to his book and emphasizes that somehow Jesus and his teaching survive all the weird things churches and church movements do.
by Joe Beam · Ephesians 5:21-33 · Control
Joe Beam writs about controlling personalities and talks specifically about a former decorated army officer being controlled and how she escaped and kept her marriage together.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 8:1-7 · Giving
Phil Ware continues his SHIFT series and focuses upon giving generously as a privilege and grace.
by Tom Norvell · Mark 6:30-31 · Rest
Tom Norvell reminds us of Jesus encouraging his disciples, his followers, to get away from the maddening rush of the crowds and go to a quiet place with him and get some rest.
by Rubel Shelly · John 1:14 · Faith
Rubel Shelly shares insight on the difference between Jewish thinking and Graeco-Roman thinking and how impacts the way we view Christian faith which should be romantic faith.
by Ben Steed · James 1:26-27 · Parenting · Baby · Compassion International
The Child Survival Program from Compassion International is making great strides for mothers and babies in Ecuador.
by Ben Steed · Acts 20:35
I never imagined to be so deeply moved by another group of people: the employees of Compassion.
by Ben Steed · Matthew 19:14 · Children · Compassion International
The Story of witnessing Lee Raney meeting his sponsored child through Compassion International.
by Ben Steed · Matthew 25:37-40 · Hope · Compassion International · Poverty
Ben Steed chronicles his trip with Compassion International to Ecuador.
by Danny Sims · Luke 1:26-33 · Christmas
Danny Sims shares insights into what God is saying in Jesus using the Communion we share at Christmas.
by Phil Ware · John 1:14 · Christmas
Phil Ware takes an incident of love and laughter with his foster grandson and learns a powerful insight into God, who chose to let us see his face and hear his voice in Jesus.
by Phil Ware · Luke 1:39-45 · Incarnation
Phil Ware begins a short series called When Spirit Becomes Flesh focusing on the birth of Jesus, the incarnation of God among his creatures, and the wonders of Christmas.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 19:14 · Children
Phil Ware continues to share his thoughts on helping kids find Jesus, Sagrada Familia, the Community, in Lima, Peru, and what matters most in our lives.
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 4:1-16 · Unity
Phil Ware continues his series on SpiritFire and challenges us to look at the importance of the unity of the Spirit.
by Phil Ware · John 1:1-18 · Incarnation
Phil Ware continues his C2K or church to Kingdom series emphasizing that our message must be lived, displayed, and demonstrated and not just spoken.
by Heartlight Team · 1 Timothy 2:1-5 · Prayer
Heartlight.org urges people the world over to pray for our nations and for our world and for peace and for the spread of the gospel.
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