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 · Hebrews 1:1 · Incarnation
Phil Ware talks about why he and about 100 others go to Peru each year when it costs so much.
by Rubel Shelly · Luke 2:1 · Christmas
Rubel Shelly helps clarify that Jesus is a historical figure and real, not something imaginary like the Easter Bunny, tooth fairy, and Santa Claus.
by Rubel Shelly · Ecclesiastes 7:2 · Heart
Rubel Shelly talks about a Korean project to help folks not commit suicide by helping them understand what death might be like.
by Phil Ware · John 8:1 · Mary, Jesus' Mother
Phil Ware begins a 4 part series on Mary, the mother of Jesus, called Windows to Wonder, and talks about how the angel left Mary and Mary's life began to unfold with challenges and difficulties, but she maintained faith.
by Steve Ridgell · Philippians 1:22 · Perspective
Perspective determines our perception of reality. Christians view things differently because of our belief in God.
by Phil Ware · Acts 2:36 · Health · Groups
Phil Ware talks about our need to go deeper into the will of Jesus by getting with a group with whom we can grow and follow Jesus.
by Rick Brown · Philippians 2:5 · Christmas
Rick Brown finds a Black Friday experience that pushes him back to the real meaning of Christmas and the old Sears Wish Book.
by Rubel Shelly · Philippians 1:3 · Pessimism · Personhood
Rubel Shelly talks about the nightmare of getting caught in a voice mail and caller processing system and says he prefers people over machines.
by Rubel Shelly · Proverbs 10:9 · Character
Rubel Shelly reminds us that image is not substance and shadow is not tree: trust the tree not the shadow!
by Patrick D. Odum · Luke 3:10 · Repentance
Patrick Odum confronts us with the words of John the baptist about repentance and how we need to face ourselves honestly in the mirror.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 Samuel 16:7 · Submit
Rubel Shelly talks about the shallowness of the Chinese to place appearance above all things and then pass it off as something else.
by Bill Sherrill · 1 Corinthians 2:2 · Cross
Bill Sherrill reminds us of the importance of the cross as both a symbol and a reality of our center as believers in Jesus.
by Paul Faulkner · 1 Thessalonians 4:13 · Death
Paul Faulkner reminds us that funerals are great times for us to face the reality of our final destination.
by Phil Ware · Psalm 4:8 · Creation
Phil Ware challenges us to re-look at how we define the day and when it begins by looking at Genesis 1 and the rhythm of creation and see that God has blessed us with rest before work.
by Paul Faulkner · 2 Corinthians 13:5 · God · Genuine
So many things are fake and not genuine, but God wants to give us the real thing.
by Randy Becton · 1 John 3:16 · Love
Valentine's Day has us thinking about love, but the real love, even more than the love of a mother or a lover, is the love of Jesus for us.
by Paul Faulkner · 1 Corinthians 13:4 · Love
We are sloppy in the way we use words for love, so why not see how the Bible does and especially see how Jesus demonstrated it and evaluate our lives based on his model?
by Russ Lawson · Jeremiah 6:16 · Bible
What we learn from movies is not very accurate to life and we need to listen to God's word rather than movie stars.
by Russ Lawson · 2 Corinthians 5:16
Christmas has unfortunately gotten so caught up in conflict that we lose sight of loving folks the way Jesus came to do.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 7:12
After reading the passage again, have you seen anything new, like maybe it should apply in everything you do -- the Golden Rule!
by Tom Norvell · John 19:30 · Change
Many events in our lives change us forever, our lives will never be the same as a result, and Jesus is one of those life-changing events.
by Russ Lawson · Hosea 10:12 · Consequences
Often the difficult things in our lives we want to blame on God are really only the result or consequences of our own bad choices and decisions and actions.
by Paul Faulkner · 1 Peter 3:4
We like a person with kindness much more than a person who has had a bunch of cosmetic surgery or plastic surgery.
by Paul Faulkner · Matthew 7:21 · Obedience
Practice what you preach, walk your talk, and live the life you profess.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 14:24 · Worship
Worship has to be part of our everyday real life world where we work, play, do sports, have recreation, and watch our kids play.
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