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Read more about the article Please explain: Are we living in the last days?

Please explain: Are we living in the last days?

  • Post author:Jeffrey Bovee
  • Post published:2025/05/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Are we living in the last days? When will the end of the world take place? The answer to this question is easy because Jesus told us in Matthew 24:36:…

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Read more about the article Please explain: Why can’t I make a decision to believe in Jesus?

Please explain: Why can’t I make a decision to believe in Jesus?

  • Post author:Thomas Spiegelberg
  • Post published:2025/04/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Why can't I make a decision to believe in Jesus? “If y'all ever find a possum and it looks lost, just point his nose in the direction of the closest…

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Read more about the article Please explain: How will Christians’ bodies be changed on the Last Day?

Please explain: How will Christians’ bodies be changed on the Last Day?

  • Post author:Nathan Wordell
  • Post published:2025/03/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

In what ways will Christians' bodies be changed on the Last Day? When God raises Grandpa Wickert from the dead, will he be able to play catch with me? When…

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Read more about the article Please explain: Could Jesus have sinned?

Please explain: Could Jesus have sinned?

  • Post author:John Brug
  • Post published:2025/02/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Could Jesus have sinned? The Bible states clearly that Jesus never sinned. But could Jesus have sinned when he was tempted by the devil? One concern that people have when…

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Read more about the article Please explain: How can God condemn people if they’ve never heard the gospel?

Please explain: How can God condemn people if they’ve never heard the gospel?

  • Post author:Steven Lange
  • Post published:2025/01/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Sometimes when we ask God a question, he does not give us an answer that satisfies our human curiosity. Job asked God, “Why have you allowed me to experience such…

Continue ReadingPlease explain: How can God condemn people if they’ve never heard the gospel?
Read more about the article Please explain: How was it right for Jesus to provide so much wine at the wedding at Cana?

Please explain: How was it right for Jesus to provide so much wine at the wedding at Cana?

  • Post author:Daniel Baumler
  • Post published:2024/12/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Admittedly, it was a lot of wine! Jesus’ first miracle changed six cisterns of water into 120 to 180 gallons of the finest wine (see John 2:1-11). By today’s standards,…

Continue ReadingPlease explain: How was it right for Jesus to provide so much wine at the wedding at Cana?
Read more about the article Please explain: Was John’s baptism the same as the baptism commanded by Jesus?

Please explain: Was John’s baptism the same as the baptism commanded by Jesus?

  • Post author:Michael J. Berg
  • Post published:2024/11/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

A few years before Jesus’ Great Commission directed his followers to baptize and teach his Word (Matthew 28:19,20), John the Baptist baptized people (see Luke 3:3; 20:4; Acts 18:25). Was…

Continue ReadingPlease explain: Was John’s baptism the same as the baptism commanded by Jesus?
Read more about the article Please explain: What comfort does the Bible give grieving Christians?

Please explain: What comfort does the Bible give grieving Christians?

  • Post author:John Boeder
  • Post published:2024/10/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“I can't imagine how anyone could face this without God.” How many times have you said that? How many times have you heard that? It doesn’t matter what this is.…

Continue ReadingPlease explain: What comfort does the Bible give grieving Christians?
Read more about the article Please explain: What did Jesus mean about a camel going through the eye of a needle?

Please explain: What did Jesus mean about a camel going through the eye of a needle?

  • Post author:Aaron Glaeske
  • Post published:2024/09/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Context is important when examining passages in the Bible. Where was Jesus when he spoke the words, “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a…

Continue ReadingPlease explain: What did Jesus mean about a camel going through the eye of a needle?
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