Phil Ware challenges us to re-look at how we define the day and when it begins by looking at Genesis 1 and the rhythm of creation and see that God has blessed us with rest before work.
05/21/2007 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware talks about the need to live the life of Jesus before the world or our witness doesn't mean anything at best and creates hostility at worst to Christianity.
05/14/2007 by Phil Ware
Phil looks at our spiritual journey to be conformed to Jesus and to go to our home with God and asks how we can get so bogged down in being critical of others who are not at the same point in their journey as we are.
05/07/2007 by Phil Ware
It's been two weeks since the awful murders at Virginia Tech and the heartbreak of parents, friends, and classmates.
04/30/2007 by Phil Ware
If we don't wall pornography off at the source in our lives, then we end up just inviting it home.
04/23/2007 by Phil Ware
With very different types of issues emerging recently on the issue of race, why not look at some Scriptures to see how God feels about this issue.
04/16/2007 by Phil Ware
The women went to the tomb not expecting anything special, or at least not consciously, but the resurrected Jesus met them alive and promised to see them and us in Galilee!
04/09/2007 by Phil Ware
We want a Christianity without the Cross, a Savior without a Lord, and a Tinkerbelle Jesus.
04/02/2007 by Phil Ware
Larry died and no one missed him and was not discovered until 18 months after his death.
03/26/2007 by Phil Ware
We live in a world of deception but God has called us to be Kingdom people, people who tell the truth and do not deceive, yet forgive those who confess their deceitfulness to us.
03/19/2007 by Phil Ware
A surprising visit from Eddie at a coffee shop completes the Jesus Party weekend and opens the door for an angel to pray at church.
03/12/2007 by Phil Ware
We often turn prayer into a time to demand God give us things so we can cash our check from him rather than as a time to submit to his will and grace for us.
03/05/2007 by Phil Ware
Phil says good bye to Paul Lee who has been his partner at Heartlight for ten years.
02/26/2007 by Phil Ware
Grace is amazing because of all the great things it does for us and changes in us.
02/19/2007 by Phil Ware
Love is unpredictable and that is the real meaning of love, that God would do the unexpected to love us and draw us to himself.
02/12/2007 by Phil Ware
God will stick by us and get us through the worse times in our lives.
02/05/2007 by Phil Ware
Some of us need sunlight all the time, but all of us need God's true light or we lose our way. So let's not settle for our own idols, for what is false and shadow.
01/29/2007 by Phil Ware
Phil likes to sing, but sometimes he just needs to listen and be blessed and pumped up.
01/22/2007 by Phil Ware
Phil reminds us that a change in our plans may not be for the worst, in fact it may be one of God's little reminders that we need to be aware of his work in our lives.
01/15/2007 by Phil Ware
The coming of Christ is a violent grace that heads to a violent end and if we listen to the birth stories of Jesus we can find there a real Savior who lived in our all too real world.
01/08/2007 by Phil Ware
Whether Christmas comes on December 25 or not doesn't really matter, what does matter is that Jesus came and the angels declared it and that we celebrate it with great joy.
12/25/2006 by Phil Ware
Family fights, shopping mall stampedes, world unrest and wars all will continue through the Christmas season, but we should not be surprised: Jesus came to save our fractured world.
12/18/2006 by Phil Ware
Jesus wasn't just born into our world in the womb of Mary, but he longs to be born into our world again in each individual Christian the Holy Spirit gives birth to in the world.
12/11/2006 by Phil Ware
A surprising winter snow gives Phil the opportunity to think about the changes of seasons and the falling of grace on us all with the birth of Jesus.
12/04/2006 by Phil Ware
A man's conversion helps Phil remember that life can become fresh and new and he reminds us that the Christmas season can bring all of this to us if we are looking for it.
11/27/2006 by Phil Ware