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 Tom Norvell · Ephesians 2:10 · Disaster
Tom Norvell talks about our desire to go good and how strong it is and how we battle against the desire to do evil.
by Phil Ware · Acts 4:12
Phil Ware talks about Jesus' identity, our reluctance to choose, and how we have to choose one way or the other about Jesus' identity.
by Rubel Shelly · Mark 9:35 · Compassion
Rubel Shelly talks about the term act of God and turns the phrase around to be a call to action for God's people.
by Phil Ware · Acts 1:8 · Witnessing
Phil Ware begins a series of articles on sharing Jesus in word and deed with others called Catch and Release and focusing on following Jesus.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 Corinthians 6:10 · Forgiveness
Rubel Shelly gives an insightful perspective on the Brit Hume tempest that occurred because he advocated for Christian faith.
by Patrick D. Odum · Exodus 3:7 · Compassion
Patrick Odum writes about the devastation in Haiti and our response to it as a people of God who want to do the work of the Kingdom.
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 5:15 · Holy Spirit
Phil Ware continues his SpiritFire focus on the Holy Spirit, this week looking at what it means to live under the influence of the Holy Spirit.
by Steve Ridgell · 1 Corinthians 10:17 · Church
Being serious about following Jesus means being involved with people that will help you accomplish that.
by Tom Norvell · Ephesians 2:1 · Purpose
Tom Norvell reminds us that we were saved from what we were to be what we are: God's people created with purpose to do good works.
by Rubel Shelly · Matthew 6:33 · New Life
Rubel Shelly gives us some practical advice and a challenge to face the New Year with expectation and also reminds us to take one day at a time.
by Phil Ware · 2 Timothy 1:12 · Passion
Phil Ware challenges us to a life of passionate discipleship and challenge our children to follow with boldness, using the life of Paul.
by Mike Cope · Matthew 2:17 · Christmas
Mike Cope shares a beautiful story about a family tradition of dropping a quarter into the stockings of everyone in the family at Christmas, this includes a video update.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 1:18 · Christmas
Phil Ware writes about Christmas, Joseph and Mary, and the "You've got to be kidding me!" moments in the life of Jesus.
by Larry Davies · 1 John 4:18 · Worry
Larry Davies shares a childhood experience and reminds us that we don't have to fear the unexpected or unexplained; we can pray and avoid a whole lot of sleepless nights.
by Russ Lawson · Philippians 3:13 · Future
Russ Lawson reminds us that with so many things going on, we need to remember just the one important thing.
by Steve Ridgell · Romans 8:13 · Commitment
God provides the Holy Spirit and a community of believers to help us fulfill our commitment to Him.
by Tom Norvell · Proverbs 3:5 · Change
Tom Norvell reminds us not to discount the small steps we make in our lives because out of them come the big ones!
by Rubel Shelly · Proverbs 22:9 · Thanksgiving
Rubel Shelly reminds us of the importance of remembering the real meaning of Thanksgiving.
by Bill Sherrill · Luke 9:23 · Suicide · Succcess
Bill Sherrill reminds us that the measure of success in Jesus' eyes is whether or not we helped those in need who are around us.
by Phil Ware · Exodus 3:10 · Delivered
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.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 4:17 · Leadership
Phil Ware continues his series of messages on true shepherds in the church and focuses on the subject of a leader's glory -- seeing his or her passion formed in others they have trained.
by Rubel Shelly · Matthew 22:37 · Love
Rubel Shelly uses the recent world series and a few Casey Stengel stories about the early days of the Mets to remind us that the we need to get back to the basics of what we do as believers: love God and love each other.
by Steve Higginbotham · 2 Peter 3:13
Steve Higginbotham talks about four murders that occurred in the town that furnished the backdrop for Andy of Mayberry and reminds us that we live in a fallen world and need to keep our eyes on our heavenly home.
by Phil Ware · 1 Peter 2:25 · Lost
Phil Ware tells about a time he lost his son Zachary and then found him and the joy of finding lost sheep in the teaching of Jesus.
by Patrick D. Odum · Ephesians 4:20 · Goodness
Patrick Odum sees a billboard by an atheistic and agnostic group that says many are good without God and he decides he is barely tolerable with God, so there's no hope for him without God!
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