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Listed below are the series published in Forward in Christ magazine. Use the drop down with arrow to select a series. Beneath the drop down is a list of the most current articles in a series.

He’s coming—really!

Purposeful discussions

Confessions of faith: Allen and Rosalind Braun

Q&A: Is our time of grace really unchangeable?

Bible study: The comfort of God’s providence

Parent conversations: How can we help today’s overwhelmed teens?

My Christian life: Finding real Christmas joy while in the hospital

Please explain: As a Christian, what does it mean to be humble?

A thought: Mary

The book of James: Waiting for Christ’s return

Parent conversations: How can parents maintain a healthy marriage?

My Christian life: Holding up the prophets’ hands

Please explain: What does it mean to have your name written in God’s book?

Bible study: Precious grace

Confessions of faith: Anthony and Tyler

Power over death

Q&A: I know that we are saved by grace apart from works, but how can it be that easy?

The book of James: Active in using prayer

A thought: Come, Lord Jesus!

Now thank we all our God!

Upholding biblical values

What it means to be truly Lutheran: Public ministers of the gospel are called to serve

What it means to be truly Lutheran: The church is believers in Jesus

What it means to be truly Lutheran: God’s different work in two kingdoms

What it means to be truly Lutheran: Vocation: Serving God and others

What it means to be truly Lutheran: Faith-produced good works

What it means to be truly Lutheran: Living a life of repentance

What it means to be truly Lutheran: Lord’s Supper

What it means to be truly Lutheran: Baptism

What it means to be truly Lutheran: The means of grace

What it means to be truly Lutheran: Faith alone

What it means to be truly Lutheran: Grace alone

What it means to be truly Lutheran: Original sin

What it means to be truly Lutheran: The distinction between law and gospel

What it means to be truly Lutheran: Scripture alone

Confessions of faith: Souksamay Phetsanghane

Parent conversations: You might be a Lutheran parent if . . .

Confessions of faith: Dale Anne Mondy

My Christian life: One man’s battle with anxiety

Please explain: Is God’s design for marriage relevant in today’s world?

President’s message: To judge or not to judge

Bible study: Rewards of grace

Q&A: Are there degrees of glory in heaven as a reward for good works?

A thought: Here we stand!

A daily walk with our Shepherd

The book of James: Active in showing love

Deliver us from evil

Confessions of faith: Hưu-Trung Lê

My Christian life: Heart transplant inspires a life of service

Parent conversations: Parenting post–high school: What is a parent’s role?

Please explain: Does God favor certain people?

Overwhelmed but not overcome

Mind your own business

Q&A: Do Lutherans take the Bible literally and teach millennialism?

President’s message: A field ripe for harvest

The book of James: Correctly evaluating riches

A thought: Obedience

Bible study: What’s going to happen on the Last Day?

Confessions of faith: Christopher Koch

Q&A: Are there different interpretations of the Bible?

Please explain: Why do I so often fail to do what God wants?

President’s message: Thoughts about the new hymnal

The book of James: Avoiding loveless judging

Parent conversations: How can families use the hymnal in their worship life at home?

Bible study: Interpretation practice

A thought: Hope

Granny’s cross

My Christian life: Finding true peace through Psalm 23

Confessions of faith: Teryl and Terry Bishop

Q&A: How can we be sure the Bible includes what God originally gave us?

Freedom’s value is in its use

A hymn for all ages

Please explain: Why is the church always talking about money?

President’s message: Cooperating in externals

The book of James: Taming the tongue

Parent conversations: What should Christian parents teach their children about gender?

A thought: Almighty God

Bible study: The Bible’s attributes

My Christian life: An incredible harp-playing journey

My Christian life: Highlighting the Scriptures through art

Faith and the thinking Christian: Part 6: Evolution and the thoughtful Christian

Sunshine and rain

Bible study: The importance of the family altar

Parent conversations: What is vocation? How does it apply to parenting?

Please explain: How does God’s kingdom grow?

President’s message: Canceling the cancel culture

Confessions of faith: Jonathan and Devon Hightower

My Christian life: Serving in retirement as a vacancy pastor

Confessions of faith: Julian

Q&A: Why does it seem like Christianity is so negative?

Parent conversations: Why do siblings fight? How should I react when they are fighting?

President’s message: Making normal a reality

Please explain: Why are only Christians’ works good, but the same works by others are not?

Bible study: God’s attitude is grace

Faith and the thinking Christian: Part 5: Home field advantage

Parent conversations: How do we teach children resilience?

Please explain: How do we know that Jesus rose from the dead?

President’s message: The fields are ripe for harvest

Bible study: The Bible’s account of Easter morning

Q&A: How can I explain how Jesus’ resurrection is possible and if the Bible is reliable?

A thought: Scripture alone

A thought: Their message to us

Confessions of faith: Kannika Killion

Faith and the thinking Christian: Part 4: Does faith hinder scientific discovery?

My Christian life: A man of truth

Please explain: If the Sabbath law no longer applies, why do I have to go to church?

Parent conversations: How do I approach vaccines as a Christian parent?

Faith and the thinking Christian: Part 3: The misperception of scientific certainty

President’s message: The end of the story

A thought: The Ides of March

My Christian life: The sign maker

Bible study: Different types of sin

Q&A: Is it okay to live together if we are planning to get married?

Confessions of faith: Jon-Michael Blowe

President’s message: Blessings small and large

Bible study: God’s inspiration

My Christian life: Once a detective, now a pastor

Please explain: Why did God cruelly command Abraham to sacrifice his son?

Q&A: How is the Bible God’s Word?

Faith and the thinking Christian: Part 2: The limits of science

A thought: The path of the righteous

Parent conversations: How can I explain the Sixth Commandment to a young child?

Confessions of faith: Kaitlin Lamb

Q&A: Were we “created to make a difference”?

Faith and the thinking Christian: Part 1: Science as servant

Confessions of faith: Cheryle and Dana McArdle

A thought: The Bible still matters

Bible study: Giving God glory

Please explain: Does Christian freedom give me the right to do anything?

Parent conversations: How can I help my child have an optimistic outlook?

My Christian life: A Ukrainian mother chooses life

Meet the editorial staff: James Borgwardt

Q&A: Am I being judgmental if I point out someone’s sin?

Confessions of faith: Brandee and Jim Cranfield

Bible study: Judge for yourself

My Christian life: Teen faces difficult medical diagnosis

Please explain: Is heaven going to be boring?

The book of James: Using the Word of Truth

A thought: Happy birthday, Brother!

Parent conversations: What if we can’t follow our Christmas traditions this year?

My Christian life: Music as a companion on life’s journey

Confessions of faith: Brad Harris

Q&A: Do I need to read the Bible to have a relationship with God?

Bible study: The need for the Bible and worship

Please explain: Why is Jesus taking so long to return?

A thought: Change

Parent conversations: What are ways to foster a rich prayer life in children?

Parent conversations: How can I let the gospel shine as I parent?

A thought: Our Father

My Christian life: WELS nurse lives out faith through her vocation

Confessions of faith: Harry and Angie Corey

Bible study: Citizens of two kingdoms

Please explain: Why did Jesus use parables to teach?

The book of James: Active in good works

Q&A: Can a Christian vote for a political candidate who supports abortion?

The book of James: When battling temptation

My Christian life: A teacher retires full of memories

Parent conversations: How should I handle a child’s separation anxiety?

Confessions of faith: Hany Guzmán

Please explain: Does Jesus build his church on Peter and his successors?

Q&A: Does God really care?

Bible study: God cares

A thought: The difference

Parent conversations: How should families prepare to go back to school?

Confessions of faith: Kent Gavin

Bible study: God made the world

Q&A: Does it really matter how God made the world?

Please explain: How can I be a Christian when there are so many hypocrites in the church?

A thought: Imperfect world, imperfect life

My Christian life: On the front lines of a pandemic

Sunk without a trace

The book of James: When facing trials

Meet the editorial staff: Richard Lauersdorf

Please explain: Why should I be a Christian when I have to suffer?

Q&A: Does God send people to hell?

Confessions of faith: Cristina Urbanek

Bible study: A loving God saved people from hell

Parent conversations: How does a teen’s brain work?

A thought: Joy and peace today and everyday

The book of James: A blueprint for living out our life of faith

A thought: Good job!

A Bible story just for me: Guilt

Q&A: Is death natural?

Parent conversations: How much should I monitor my child online?

Campus cornerstone: Fighting the loneliness epidemic

Confessions of faith: Anthony and Alex Lleonart

Bible study: God provides victory over death!

Please explain: How do I know whom to believe now that Jesus is gone?

A Bible story just for me: Anxiety

A thought: In God’s hands

Please explain: How can Jesus be our friend if he isn’t physically here on earth?

Campus cornerstone: The rock

My Christian life: Dealing with mental illness

Parent conversations: How can parents reassure children during an uncertain time?

Bible study: God forgives and refuses to remember our sins

Q&A: How can I forgive and forget?

Confessions of faith: Qiang Wang

My Christian life: Camp BASIC

A Bible story just for me: Grief

Parent conversations: How can I stay calm when my child is out of control?

Q&A: Does God help those who help themselves?

Bible study: God helps those who cannot help themselves

Confessions of faith: Sherry Deaton

A thought: Outing death

Please explain: Why can’t my sister have communion with us?

My Christian life: Battling cancer as a teenager

Parent conversations: Should I give something up for Lent?

A Bible story just for me: Depression

My Christian life: Spencer Beach

Teen talk: You are not alone

Please explain: Whom do we blame for bad things?

Q&A: How can we say that the Old Testament God is the same as the New Testament God?

Confessions of faith: Holly Vaden and the Thorsons

Bible study: God has not grown soft on sin

A thought: The Christ

Bible study: Only one path leads to God’s presence

Campus cornerstone: 4 ways to keep your faith strong

Much more than hymns

Meet the editorial staff: Snowden Sims

Please explain: Are sins of thought as bad as committing the actual sin?

A thought: Trusting what we cannot see

A Bible story just for me: Trauma

Confessions of faith: Delaney Leffel

Q&A: Is Jesus the only way to get to heaven?

My Christian life: Mission opportunities in South Asia

Parent conversations: How can I keep my child engaged in attending church?

Question and answer: Equipping Christian Witnesses: Part 3

A Bible story just for me

A thought: Partners

Please explain: What makes God unique?

Meet the editorial staff: Greg Lyon

Meet the editorial staff: David Scharf

Parent conversations: Dealing with stress

Bible study: God wants me in heaven

Q&A: Doesn’t God want me to be happy?

Resolutions of faith

Confessions of faith: Mark Hartman

My Christian life: Haiti adoptions

God loves the doubters

Teen Talk: Walking on a tightrope

Focus on what is ahead

All I want for Christmas

Heirs of heaven

Confessions of faith: Daryl Fleck

Bible study: The incarnation of our Lord

Heart to heart: Parent conversations: Nurture a proper view of stuff?

Light for our path: God hates us?

For the Lord’s glory – Part 2

Walk by the Spirit: Part 7

God’s gifts, our giving: Part 3

A gospel-filled life: Part 10

Light for our path: What kind of comfort

Confessions of faith: Kalbach

Looking for perfection

Grieving in hope

Accept the challenge

The Book of Revelation: Part 12

Get busy living

The Book of Revelation: Part 11

Bringing Back Some Memories

For the Lord’s glory – Part 1

Confessions of faith: Bush

The Avengers and two lions

Walk by the Spirit: Part 6

Teen Talk: Jesus is our home

Ambassadors: Help them see Jesus : Part 12

God’s gifts, our giving: Part 2

A gospel-filled life: Part 9

Parent conversations: How involved should parents be in a child’s homework?

Light for our path: What does a submissive wife in a Christian marriage look like?

Personal reformation

Ambassadors: Help them see Jesus : Part 11

Ambassadors: How I shared Jesus stories

The Lord, our shield

A gospel-filled life: Part 8

The Book of Revelation: Part 10

Be imitators of Jesus in doing good

No contradiction at all

Light for our path: Is is a sin to want to die from a terminal illness?

God’s gifts, our giving: Part 1

Walk by the Spirit: Part 5

Confessions of faith: Kang family

Heart to heart: Parent conversations: Are we modeling kindness for our children?

Lavished love for loneliness

Heart to heart: Parent conversations: What’s the best parenting advice you’ve received or given?

Confessions of faith: Gina Beasley

Ambassadors: Help them see Jesus : Part 10

Welcome Home: Part 3

Our desperate need

A gospel-filled life: Part 7

God’s policy of love

The Book of Revelation: Part 9

More about the divine call

Light for our path: Applauding in church…what advice can you give?

Walk by the Spirit: Part 4

A few words about the divine call

Light for our path: Can you please explain Matthew 5:20

Ambassadors: Help them see Jesus : Part 9

Walk by the Spirit: Part 3

Confessions of faith: Mount

Heart to heart: Parent conversations: How should we handle it when people undermine our parenting decisions?

Welcome Home: Part 2

Lord, have mercy!

Not just the capital of Rhode Island

A gospel-filled life: Part 6

The Book of Revelation: Part 8

Our shelter in God’s shadow

God’s promised rest

An unexpected mission field

Light for our path: KARMA?

Walk by the Spirit: Part 2

Confessions of faith: Jennifer Nelson

Heart to heart: Parent conversations: How can we prepare children for summer camp?

Ambassadors: Help them see Jesus : Part 8

Welcome Home: Part 1

Teen Talk: We pray

On grief and grieving: A Christian perspective

A gospel-filled life: Part 5

Light in the darkness

The Book of Revelation: Part 7

The Book of Revelation: Part 6

Our very great reward

In defense of millennials

Light for our path: Can the devil personally be tempting me and a lot of other people at exactly the same time?

Walk by the Spirit: Part 1

Confessions of faith: Lore

Heart to heart: Parent conversations: What’s a parent’s role as a child dates?

Reaching the goal

Ambassadors: Help them see Jesus : Part 7

Ambassadors: How I shared Jesus – submissions

Embracing a double standard

A gospel-filled life: Part 4

Ambassadors: Help them see Jesus : Part 6

Judgement-free zone

A gospel-filled life: Part 3

The Book of Revelation: Part 5

Keeping the festival

No time for silence

Light for our path: the word Easter refers to Ishtar, the Babylonian fertility goddess?

Evangelism lessons from the Savior: Luke 10 : Part 3

Confessions of faith: Ramirez

Heart to heart: Parent conversations: How do parents find contentment?

Teen Talk: Proof doesn’t change anything

Close enough to love

Hindsight shows God’s blessings

Confessions of faith: Ensign

A parent’s worries and advice

Merging for mission – Part 3

Ambassadors: Help them see Jesus : Part 5

Frogs in heated recliners

A gospel-filled life: Part 2

A Lutheran Lent

Light for our path: What role does emotion play in contrition?

Heart to heart: Parent conversations: How can we help a family with a sick parent?

The Book of Revelation: Part 4

Evangelism lessons from the Savior: Luke 10 : Part 2

Ambassadors: Help them see Jesus: Part 4

Heart to heart: Parent conversations: How can parents model healthy cell phone use?

Evangelism lessons from the Savior: Luke 10: Part 1

An easy question?

A gospel-filled life: Part 1

The Book of Revelation: Part 3

Teen Talk: Strength in sorrow

Confessions of faith: Keleen Carlson

Called to love, called to speak

Merging for mission – Part 2

Not just an emotion

Light for our path: What does the white stone in Revelation 2:17 mean?

Majoring on the minors – Part 12

Merging for mission – Part 1

A very safe prediction for 2019

The Book of Revelation: Part 2

Confessions of faith: Harry family

Evangelism lessons from the Savior: Part 3

Drowning in a sea of bad news

Ambassadors: Help them find Jesus : Part 3

Light for our path: Is the cross symbol now anti-Christian?

Epiphanies change everything

Heart to heart: Parent conversations: How can we protect kids without scaring them?

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