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 · Acts 28:20 · Confidence
Phil Ware continues his series on Saved at Sea focusing on Paul's promise in Philippians 1:6 and Paul's shipwreck and travel to Rome to fulfill his calling from God.
by Phil Ware · Genesis 1:1 · Creator
Phil Ware continues his series of messages based on the sea passages of the Bible, called Saved at Sea, this post is called Something Beautiful, Someone Good.
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 1:19 · Delivered
Phil Ware begins a series called Saved at Sea which focuses on God's deliverance and truth found in the stories about the sea and rivers and water in the Bible.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:17 · Transformation
Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus and transformation and focuses today on our walking with Jesus each day in the gospels and learning his words and talking with him and taking on on his character and compassion as the Spirit transforms us.
by Phil Ware · Mark 9:2 · Listening
Phil Ware continues his short series on becoming a cruciformed people -- disciples transformed by the cross of Jesus -- by talking about the focus on the story of Jesus' transfiguration.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 5:17 · Cross
Phil Ware begins a series on the central section of the Gospel of Mark that focuses on being "cruciformed" as the first step of being a disciple of Jesus.
by Phil Ware · Galatians 5:1
Phil Ware reflects on the importance of freedom and what Paul teaches in Galatians.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 15:1 · Core
Phil Ware brings his series on 'What is CORE!' to a close, giving us a short summary to help us remember these three CORE passages and what they teach and call on us to do.
by Phil Ware · 2 Timothy 2:1
Phil Ware reminds us that as fathers and grandfather, we will leave behind messes but we can also leave behind a legacy of faith that lasts for generations.
by Melissa Troyer · Exodus 15:19 · Dance
Melissa Troyer reminds us of the importance of marking each stage of our deliverance and our journey with God, with joy and dancing!
by Phil Ware · 1 Peter 2:24 · Disciple Making · Cross · Crucifixion
Phil Ware finishes his four part series on Peter and following Jesus by focusing on Jesus transforming and cruciforming him into a great servant for the Kingdom of God.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 16:13 · Christlikeness · Disciple Making · Confess
Phil Ware shares his second post in his four article series on Peter's confession, focusing this time on our tendency to reduce faith to words and not actions and discipleship.
by Max Lucado · 1 John 3:2 · Resurrection
Max Lucado reminds us that Easter, Jesus' Resurrection Sunday, is not just about Jesus being raised, but our life beyond death!
by The Life & Teachings of Jesus of Nazareth · Luke 24:5
This is a harmonization of the accounts from the Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, of the resurrection appearances of Jesus on the first day of his resurrection.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:18 · Immanuel
Phil Ware shares how we can experience Jesus in our lives based on Jesus' promises and Matthew's story of Jesus in his Gospel.
by Katha Winther · Psalm 100:1 · Family · Autumn
Katha Winther talks about the good gifts of autumn and the signs of the fall season.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 15:1 · Core
Phil Ware brings his series on 'What is CORE!' to a close, giving us a short summary to help us remember these three CORE passages and what they teach and call on us to do.
by Melissa Troyer · Psalm 139:10 · Presence
Melissa Troyer is on the road with her family visiting West Texas where she was raised and she and her family encounter God in an old rest stop where earth and sky meet in a glorious gold, pink, and orange reminder of God's presence.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · John 20:1 · Resurrection
James Nored and Phil Ware share in video, words, and images some of the many reasons Christians have to believe that Jesus was raised from the dead and is Lord, Christ, Jesus, and Son of God!
by Phil Ware · John 13:6 · Servant
Phil Ware continues his series called, 'I Doubt It,' focusing this week on Jesus' tender act of washing the disciples' feet.
by Paul Faulkner · James 4:14 · New Life · New Day
Paul Faulkner reminds us to greet each day as a gift of something fresh, new, and something that has never happened before or will again.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:17 · Holy Spirit
Phil Ware continues his series on the Holy Spirit focusing on Jesus and our need for Jesus to be the transforming presence in our lives.
by Max Lucado · Ephesians 3:14 · Holy Spirit
Max Lucado's reminder, and new book, that because of God, and the work of the HOly Spirit, we are not alone and our help is here!
by Ron Rose · James 1:19 · Wealth · Watch
Ron Rose is back with his Beyond Black coffee collecting stories and meeting new people who introduce him to new things.
by Phil Ware · John 21:15 · Holy Spirit · Fire
Phil Ware reminds of three fires in the life of the apostle Peter and what they can mean for us.