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Read more about the article You are forgiven

You are forgiven

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2023/01/31
  • Post category:00spotlight-topslider/FIC Features/Forward in Christ

A woman distraught over her sins finds Jesus’ love and forgiveness at the cross. She sits across from me. Hunched over. Shoulders slumped. Hands covering her face. Sobs convulsing her.…

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Read more about the article Beauty and ugliness

Beauty and ugliness

  • Post author:Philip Janisch
  • Post published:2023/01/31
  • Post category:00spotlight-topslider/FIC Features/Forward in Christ

An encounter with a caricaturist provides an opportunity to proclaim the gospel message in a unique way. Caricatures can distort a single feature of a beautiful person resulting in a…

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Read more about the article I love you

I love you

  • Post author:Stephen G. Helwig
  • Post published:2023/01/30
  • Post category:00spotlight-topslider/FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

“This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins” (1 John 4:10). What will it…

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Read more about the article I repent in dust and ashes

I repent in dust and ashes

  • Post author:Paul Janke
  • Post published:2023/01/30
  • Post category:00spotlight-topslider/FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Lent is a season for acknowledging with sorrow that our sins caused the Son of God to suffer and die. Job was terrified. He had come to realize the error…

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My church family

  • Post author:James Behringer
  • Post published:2023/01/30
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I love my church family. That’s what I call the people who belong to my congregation. Do you see the difference between calling church members “the congregation” and calling them…

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