Articles Tagged 'Sermon'

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.

A New Heart

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 5 · Sermon on the Mount

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and that he was not giving us a list of do's and don't do's, but was calling us to put into practice the way of God from the heart.

Jesus isn't calling us to keep a list of do's and don'ts; he is challenging us to obey the Father from our hearts, in love.

In His Steps to Share His Light

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 5 · Christlikeness · Sermon on the Mount

Phil Ware and James Nored, through word and video, remind us of our need to return to the Jesus-styled kind of life.

Jesus went up on the mountain and taught his followers to live the good life, to live as Jesus did!

Using YouTube® To Reach More People (Really!)

by Lee Wilson · Matthew 28:18-20 · Optimism · Online Ministry

Lee Wilson gives us practical advice, understanding, and techniques to use our online ministry more wisely.

If the goal is to reach people who don't know much or anything about you, your church, the Bible, or God, you must meet them at the point of the question.

A New Heart

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 5 · New Life

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and that he was not giving us a list of do's and don't do's, but was calling us to put into practice the way of God from the heart.

Jesus wasn't calling us to keep a list of do's and don'ts; he was challenging us to obey the Father from our hearts, in love.

In His Steps to Share His Light

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 5 · Discipleship

Phil Ware and James Nored, through word and video, remind us of our need to return to the Jesus-styled kind of life.

Jesus went up on the mountain and taught his followers to live the good life — to live as Jesus did!

Upside-Down Kingdom

by Phil Ware · Matthew 5:3-16 · Kingdom

Phil Ware shares Jesus' teaching that is upside-down to the world around us in terms of status, wealth, power, position, achievement, and importance.

Our groups and our churches must be the arenas where Jesus' upside-down kingdom comes to life.

The Good Life: Following the Way of Jesus

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 5 · Jesus

Phil Ware and James Nored, through word and video, remind us of our need to return to the Jesus-styled kind of life.

Jesus went up on the mountain and taught his followers to live the good life — to live as Jesus did!

Now, so what?

by Phil Ware · Genesis 1 · Creation

Phil Ware challenges us to ask the 'Now, so what?' question to our own faith in Jesus and God and to make life changes based upon it.

So you believe in God, big deal, what are you going to do about it?

Preaching Your Own Funeral

by Tim Archer · 1 Peter 2:12 · Funeral

The way we live will determine how people remember us when we are gone.

What will they say when it's time to put you away?

Sandra Reaches for the Wrong Thing

by Russ Lawson · Matthew 7:21-23 · Obedience

We show we are Jesus' disciples by what we do, but so often what we reach for is the wrong thing.

What are you reaching for?

What if We Did What Jesus Said?

by Tom Norvell · Matthew 5:38-48 · Obedience

Jesus commanded us to act in certain ways toward others, especially when people mistreat us; what would happen if we really did obey him?

Can you imagine what would happen if we really obeyed Jesus?

The Value of Sermons

by Alan Smith · 2 Timothy 4:1-8 · Preaching

Sermons are great and sorry, exciting and boring,

What's good about sermons?

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