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 Rubel Shelly · Ephesians 4:25 · Respect
Rubel Shelly challenges us with an old story to be people of truth and respect even in the most dire and painful circumstances and treat people with the same ethical respect we would expect ourselves.
by Steve Ridgell · Psalm 119:105 · Bible
The Bible is more than a collection of facts. It is the story of God's plan for our life.
by Larry Davies · Matthew 16:17 · Church
Larry Davies takes the story of "The Little Engine that Could" and applies it to church.
by Steve Higginbotham · Psalm 26:11 · Integrity
Steve Higginbotham reminds us of a recent news story and disputes the charge that he was a moron, but instead was a man of integrity like we should be?
by Ron Rose · Matthew 18:3 · Children
Ron Rose shares a precious story about a granddaughter who had such faith in the middle of her surgery and the surgeon who was asked to find Jesus.
by Paul Faulkner · 1 Thessalonians 2:8 · Friendship
Paul Faulkner writes about sharing our story and being vulnerable with others so we can have friends.
by Rubel Shelly · 2 Corinthians 5:17 · New Year
Light a stuck anchor prevents a boat from advancing or moving, so we often get stuck in our pasts and can't go forward until we get rid of the dead weight that weighs us down and holds us back.
by Jeff Lee · Acts 24:15 · Contentment · Conscience
God calls us to have a clear conscience.
by Rubel Shelly · Malachi 3:6 · Change
Change is inevitable and we should appreciate many of the changes, but we need to trust in God who does not change.
by Ron Rose · Hebrews 13:7 · Faith
Our lives tell a story of faith, we need to know what our faith resume actually is.`
by Ron Rose · Ephesians 2:10 · Trust
All around us are people who are grace stories -- people who have opened up to God and received his grace and had their hard lives changed for the better.
by Ron Rose · James 4:10 · Providence
God has a record of the things he has done through us in his family album.
by Russ Lawson · Galatians 2:20 · Faithfulness
We can know we are saved by putting ourselves in the story of God's great deliverance.
by Ron Rose · Ephesians 6:1 · Fatherhood
A fishing trip becomes more than a fishing trip when a father honors his son and a son remembers his father.
by Paul Lee · History · Provision
Heartlight.org celebrates its eighth birthday with a look back on some amazing events.
by Michael Harbour · 1 Peter 1:15 · Christian Living · Forgiveness · Character
The kinds of stories we tell about ourselves, shape who we are.
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