WELS statistical report: Part of wise stewardship
Perhaps you have someone who manages your life savings—a financial planner or retirement consultant. You have given the manager authority to decide how your money is invested with the hope…
Being Christ’s witnesses
As Americans become less interested in church, showing our neighbors sincere love and genuine friendship can offer opportunities to share the gospel. The American Christian church seems to be unraveling.…
An eternal-life perspective
Easter changes the way we look at our time here on earth. Jonathan R. Hein Picture a timeline ten feet long, perhaps drawn on a large whiteboard. On one end…
Meeting the needs of others
How have you or your congregation been letting your light shine during the pandemic? Let us know. Send it to ficsubmissions@wels.net or upload it to forwardinchrist.net/submit. We’ll feature more stories…
Ambassadors: Help them see Jesus : Part 9
Responding to the know-it-all Jonathan R. Hein The poet Stanislaw Jerzy Lec once wrote, “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.” That aphorism contains two truths. Truth…