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 Mark Frost · Revelation 2:1-7
Mark Frost continues a series on how a church can discover its mission.
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 Mark Frost · Mission
Mark Frost continues the series on discovering your mission before finding your minister with the Interim Ministry Partners team and he focuses on prayer.
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 Greg Anderson · Matthew 28:18-20 · Mission
Greg Anderson completes the series on seasons in the life of a church and its vision, mission, and focus.
by Phil Ware · Revelation 2 · Church Growth
Phil Ware continues the Interim Ministry Partners series on helping declining and aging churches find new life.
by Tim Woodroof · Acts 11:10-20 · Values
Tim Woodroof talks about the values of churches and distinguishes between the values that are and the values that churches feel like they should have.
by Robyn F. Johnson · 2 Kings 4:1-7 · Providence
Robyn F. Johnson shares the story of the widow and Elisha in 2 Kings 4, and she reminds us that God cares for us and provides for us, we just need to look for our little vial of olive oil and offer it to him.
by Rubel Shelly · Genesis 22:1-14 · Provision
Rubel Shelly reminds us that trust in God to act is not passive, but an active life that does what is required, trusting that our difficulties and challenges are problems for God to solve.
by Brian McCutchen · Psalm 13:5 · Trust
Brian McCutchen reminds us that life is full of surprises and many of them unwanted, but in the middle of the surprises is Yahweh-Jirah, the God who provides for us.
by Larry Davies · Matthew 5:13-16 · Church
Larry Davies had a dream about being on Shark Tank and being offered 1 million dollars to invest in a church.
by Phil Ware · Joshua 1 · Fear
Phil Ware continues his series from The Story as he shares with us the challenges of taking the new land and the price paid for the lack of faithfulness and leadership and vision on the part of the generation that would not enter the land because of fear.
by Steve Ridgell · 2 Thessalonians 3:6-10 · Work
Christians have three clear reasons to get up and go to work. Provide for our families, show God's glory, and help others.
by Phil Ware · Colossians 1:27-29 · Vision
Phil Ware reminds us of our purpose of being on the journey and living for Jesus call and mission and vision in our lives.
by Tim Archer · Psalm 19:1-2 · God · Vision
Creations shows us God, if we're only willing to look.
by Rubel Shelly · Mark 9:38-41
Rubel Shelly writes about the serious subject of unity and division and the way we view and deal with those who are not one of us.
by Russ Lawson · Acts 2:17 · Dream
Russ Lawson challenges us to think about the dreams we dream and then go to work to make them happen.
by Rubel Shelly · Matthew 23:24
Rubel Shelly uses General Motors before reorganization and the New York Times article to help remind us that we can be full of so many processes, procedures, rules, and traditions that we lose the main objective -- if everything is important, then nothing
by Patrick D. Odum · Mark 5:24-34 · Healing
Patrick Odum reminds us of the heart of Jesus for those who are sick and broken.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 6:9-12 · Jesus
Phil Ware challenges us to look beyond the cosmetic image we see in the mirror and view ourselves as God does.
by Tom Norvell · Hebrews 11:24-28 · Vision
Tom Norvell talks openly with the Lord about how hard it is to look forward and not backward and push on to the Lord's horizon.
by Tom Norvell · John 14:12 · Vision
Tom Norvell shares insight into taking time to really get a vision of what is out there.
by Michele Howe · Matthew 6:34 · Women
Michelle Howe warns women about worry and wishing that can rob them of the present moment and distort their vision of their future.
by Paul Faulkner · Acts 26:28 · Heaven
Paul Faulkner reminds us that we need to decide to respond to Jesus now and honor him with our lives.
by Rubel Shelly · Joshua 1:9 · Criticism
Rubel Shelly reminds us that if we have big dreams or want to be used by God significantly, we will have plenty of critics, but don't let them stop you and he gives several different pieces of good advice.
Bible: Browse OT/NT Books