Articles Tagged 'Simple'

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.

What is CORE: Finishing

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.

I remain convicted that these passages give us the CORE of what we must believe and practice as Jesus' disciples.

What is CORE: Finishing

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.

I remain convicted that these passages give us the CORE of what we must believe and practice as Jesus' disciples.

I Doubt It: World Changers

Phil Ware continues his series called 'I Doubt It' and focuses today on Jesus' call and promise that his eleven apostles and those that followed them would turn the world upside down with their message of good news and hope and grace.

Despite early Jewish opposition and later Roman persecution and martyrdom, their passion, conviction, and impact could not be stopped.

8GHT: A Family Without Borders

Phil Ware continues his series called 8GHT on Acts 1:1-11 and focuses today on sharing the message of Jesus with the world God loves and all the people of all races and nationalities and social levels.

These ordinary people did the extraordinary: they lived Jesus' words into reality.

What is CORE: Finishing

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.

I remain convicted that these passages give us the CORE of what we must believe and practice as Jesus' disciples.

Living My MUSD #2: Low-Tech Love in a High-Tech World

Many of us are focusing on how to connect with work, family, friends, and church through high-tech resources which is good, but we also need some good ol' fashioned low-tech love!

How our high-tech world desperately needs some low-tech love!

Teach Us to Pray 13: Ending Praise

Phil Ware with Doug Peters help us finish our study of The Lord's Prayer and focus on how it points us to the 'coolest" Father of all.

For many, the added ending is not a good thing, and it is certainly NOT a 'Jesus thing'!

A Family Without Borders

Phil Ware continues his short series on Acts 1:1-11 and focuses today on sharing the message of Jesus with the world God loves.

These ordinary people did the extraordinary: they lived Jesus’ words into reality.

What I Don't Remember about Christmas

Jordan shares this powerful post that was highlighted on The Today Show with our Heartlight.org audience.

Jesus picked this beginning because he knew our idols would someday reek of perfectionism and opulence, of measuring up and looking the part, of vanity.

Dear Husband, You're Worth It!

Jordan Harrell captures the reality of the good times and challenging times in a marriage and what God is up to in all of it if we will keep on loving each other.

What happened last weekend felt hopeless and dark. But this weekend says it wasn’t.

Making the Profound, Simple

Phil Ware reminds us that Communion is a powerful example of Jesus taking something profound and making it simple enough for us to understand and do together.

Our LORD God Almighty is the master at making the profound feel the simple.

I Doubt It: World Changers

Phil Ware continues his series called 'I Doubt It' and focuses today on Jesus' call and promise that his eleven apostles and those that followed them would turn the world upside down with their message of good news and hope and grace.

Despite early Jewish opposition and later Roman persecution and martyrdom, their passion, conviction, and impact could not be stopped.

In Our Hands

Phil Ware continues his series of Communion devotionals called 'Beyond Bread and Wine' with a reminder that our often taken for granted hands can lead us to a profound grace!

The Father has given us a simple way of remembering the significance of this Supper: our hands!

Bill Knapp's Keeps Me up at Night

Mark Frost of Interim Ministry Partners shares a powerful parable about Bill Knapp's restaurants and America's quick fix mentality about the North American church and its troubles.

How can an out of business restaurant speak to churches?

Prayer: Warrior or Weakling?

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.

Does prayer feel like sand getting kicked in your face?

A Simple Phone Call

Tom Norvell talks about a phone call he received on his 57th birthday from an old friend and mentor and how special and important it was to him.

Isn't it amazing the difference one simple phone call can make?

Catch & Release: First Importance

Phil Ware compares 1 Corinthians 15 and Romans 6 and reminds us that what saves us is Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection and we get to participate and experience these in baptism and the Lord's Supper!

Why do we make things more complicated than they need to be?

Somebody?

Phil Ware uses a car full of girls running out of gas on the way to church to connect Jesus' ministry and Moses' call to our opportunity to be God's tools of deliverance in the lives of those around us.

Shouldn't somebody help?

Spend it Well

Rubel Shelly talks about seeing life as small increments of cash that we can only spend a little at a time.

Where will you spend your life?

Back to Basics Church

We have made church much more complex than the story of Jesus. He brought a simple, real life plan to earth to save us.

Church is supposed to be simpler than it is.

More than a Fork in the Road

Phil Ware reminds us of an old story describing heaven and hell and how the difference between the two is whether or not people serve each other.

How our simply service makes a difference in everything!

Thankful for Simple Things

Mike Barres talks about a hunting trip with his wife and how they were so thankful for just heat and food and the simple things of life.

Why give thanks for that?

Living Simply

Paul Faulkner talks about finding real peace by living simply!

Where are you going to find real peace?

Consider Your Words

Tom Norvell makes a short and simple point about not using too many words.

How many words are too many words?

More Valuable than You Know

Rubel Shelly reminds us how important it is to do simple acts of kindness and not simply look for the splashy and big things to do to bless others.

How important are the little things you do for others?