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 · Matthew 23 · Hypocrisy
Phil Ware challenges us to leave behind intention and move out into the world of action as we seek care for our broken world and overcome the criticism that we are uncaring hypocrites who are not willing to help
by Phil Ware · Exodus 3 · Leadership
Phil Ware introduces a series of weekly messages to help us deal with the challenges of the new world we are called to minister in today, focusing on the biblical foundation for answers to these challenges.
by Phil Ware · Acts 1:1-11 · Holy Spirit · Power · Violence
Phil Ware finishes his series called 8GHT and focusses on Jesus' command for us to quit standing around and doing nothing, but to go and do something to redeem our lost world.
by Phil Ware · Mark 14:1-9
Phil Ware continues his series of messages of how Jesus values women, focusing this week on the loving and extravagant gift of the unnamed woman who broke her alabaster jar and anointed Jesus with expensive perfume.
by Phil Ware · John 3:16-17 · Mission
Phil Ware reminds us that in a search for a new minister, especially a preacher or preaching minister, that we need to know our specific mission as a congregation.
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 4:1-16 · Interim Ministry
Phil Ware continues his series of articles on churches facing the challenges of the interim season and uses the imagery of high mountain climbing to help us appreciate the challenges.
by Phil Ware · Psalm 95:3-4 · Interim Ministry
Phil Ware talks about finding our theological and missional mountains and how important it is to know them if you are going to call a minister with whom to partner.
by Phil Ware · Luke 10:38-42 · Women
Phil Ware continues his series on the way God values women and expresses this in Scripture and also against the grain of culture.
by Mark Frost · Deuteronomy 8:2-5 · Interim Ministry
Mark Frost of http://www.interimministrypartners.com shares part 1 of a 4 part series on the interim season by comparing it to the journey through the wilderness.
by Tim Woodroof · Romans 12 · Spiritual Gifts
Tim Woodroof continues the series on a church finding or calling a new preaching minister or senior pastor, especially during interim ministry, and the key point is that a church needs to know who it is and what God has called them to do before they try t
by Phil Ware · Matthew 28:18-20 · Integrity · Interim Ministry
Phil Ware continues the series of articles on discerning your mission for churches to work through as they are in a season of looking for a preaching minister or pastor and Phil emphasizes both the universal mission passages and the specific mission passa
by Tim Woodroof · 1 Timothy 4:11-16 · Preaching
Tim Woodroof begins a series of articles by Interim Ministry Partners on discovering a congregation's mission by talking about how churches want to find someone to fill the pulpit in a hurry when they first need to discover who they are and what their mis
by Bill Denton · 2 Timothy 4:1-5
Make your preacher's day, listen and learn.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 7:1-29 · Obedience
Phil Ware looks at the last chapter of the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 7, and emphasizes Jesus' call to us to obey, put into practice, bear fruit, and do what he says.
by Rubel Shelly · James 2:26 · Hypocrisy
Rubel Shelly reminds us that religion has to do something and not just talk about a lot of things -- it must walk the talk, practice what you preach, and put your life where your mouth is.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 4:23 · Evangelism
Phil Ware talks about tug-of-war and how we so often get into them in the Christian community and whether or not it is more important to do service trips or mission evangelism trips.
by Russ Lawson · Matthew 5:16 · Redeeming
Russ Lawson reminds us of the importance of our letting our light shine in such a way that allows others to see God in your life.
by Phil Ware · John 20:1-16 · Resurrection
Phil Ware shares insights into Jesus' appearance to Mary Magdalene and how he commissioned her to go declare his resurrection to his followers.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 23:4 · Hypocrisy
Phil Ware challenges us to leave behind intention and move out into the world of action as we seek care for our broken world and overcome the criticism that we are uncaring hypocrites who are not willing to help.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 28:18-20 · Missions
Phil Ware shares a reminder that not only must we do good and live morally, but we must not forget the main thing, letting others know about Jesus!
by Steve Ridgell · John 16:33
Despite apparent differences, we Christians are the same in the things that matter.
by Steve Ridgell · 2 Corinthians 4:5 · Preaching
The best preachers are not those we know but the ones Steve describes in this article who serve without pay and to bless others because that person wants them to know about Jesus!
by Alan Smith · Psalm 16:2-11 · Poor · Pleasure
Sometimes the pleasure we get out of life has to be found in the most challenging of places.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 Peter 3:13-17
Our Christianity has to accompany us everywhere, even traffic, or it doesn't go with us anywhere.
by Mike Cope · Ephesians 4:29 · Criticism
Criticism hurts even when, or maybe especially when, it is dressed in pretty packages and given to us over a long time.
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