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 · 2 Corinthians 1:19-20
Phil Ware writes about interim ministry and his partners, and how we can be a 'Yes" church.
by Phil Ware · Genesis 4 · Mothers
Phil Ware uses the story of Eve and Seth to give us encouragement for those times when we think we've failed as a parent.
by Phil Ware · 2 Timothy 1:14-16 · Encourage
Phil Ware begins a short series on Untold Stories from the Bible and shares the story of Onesiphorus refreshing Paul while he was in prison.
by Phil Ware · 2 Timothy 4:6-8 · Confidence
Phil Ware continues his series on The Story and focuses on both the events at the Boston Marathon and West Texas and also on Paul's confident hope in the face of his death in a Roman prison.
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 Phil Ware · John 12:31 · Debt · Darkness
Phil Ware continues his series on The Story and this week focuses on the The Hour of Darkness, Jesus' time on the cross and his crucifixion and passion.
by Larry Davies · Matthew 5:13-16 · Church
Larry Davies had a dream about being on Shark Tank and being offered 1 million dollars to invest in a church.
by Tim Archer · Matthew 25:13 · Second Coming
We know that Jesus will come again. We have to get ready.
by Steve Ridgell · Matthew 19:16 · Heaven · Good Enough
As long as we can find someone worse than us, we think we are good enough to get into heaven. That kind of thinking misses the point.
by Rick Brown · Matthew 6:9-13 · Prayer
Rick Brown reminds us that prayer begins simply, and in the process fo growing we all end up developing and growing in our prayer life.
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 · 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 Rubel Shelly · Luke 10:25-27 · Thanksgiving · Thankful
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.
by Phil Ware · Nehemiah 8:8-11 · Renewal
Phil Ware takes us back to The Story, God's story and our story and reminds us that while rebuilding infrastructure for a city and country is hard, it is even harder to rebuild the morale, moral, and faith foundation.
by Ben Steed · 1 John 4:19 · Children · Faith · Poor
The story of reuniting with my sponsored child.
by Phil Ware · Hebrews 12:28 · Worship
Phil Ware finishes his series on What is Core by talking about worship and the importance of meeting together in big and small groups, but also living out the life God has called us to lead, being a reflection of the righteous character and gracious compa
by Ben Steed · Matthew 19:14 · Compassion · Poor · Compassion International
A closer look at the work of Compassion International in Colombia.
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 Lisa Mikitarian · John 4:34 · Work
Lisa Mikitarian reminds us that our Father in heaven has invited us into his work just like our earthly parents have sometimes invited us, and taken pride in us, working in their world.
by Phil Ware · 1 Kings 18 · Burnout
Phil Ware talks about burn out and how God restored Elijah to ministry and freshness after his great victory on Mt. Carmel and his collapse in the desert.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 Corinthians 10:12 · Adultery
Rubel Shelly reminds us of the moral climate behind the messes that we often cause and the way out of the mess we are in.
by Phil Ware · Luke 1:77-79 · Thanksgiving
Phil Ware talks about how important it is that Thanksgiving is followed by Christmas and he shares a personal story to remind us it is true!
by Steve Ridgell · Matthew 6:34 · Time
We worry about the past and cannot do anything about it, but God can. We worry about the future and cannot do anything about it. But God can.
by Rick Brown · Luke 10:25-37 · Neighbor
Rick Brown writes about a group of ministers and pastors in Denver who got together to try to bless their community by calling their people to be good neighbors.
by Phil Ware · Judges 2:7-19 · Repentance
Phil Ware continues his journey through The Story focusing this week on the Judges, especially the cycle of destruction that was leading them to catastrophe and the ways we can escape the cycle.
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