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Read more about the article Q&A: What does it mean to pray, “Hallowed be your name”?

Q&A: What does it mean to pray, “Hallowed be your name”?

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

What are we asking for in the Lord’s Prayer when we pray, “Hallowed be your name”? Praying that God’s name be kept holy feels like asking that water be wet.…

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Read more about the article Q&A: Why is it important for Christians to have a devotional life?

Q&A: Why is it important for Christians to have a devotional life?

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

Why do I need a devotional life? My life is so busy, and I feel as if I know the stories already because of religion courses and being in church.…

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Read more about the article Q&A: Why does God provide some with more abundance than others?

Q&A: Why does God provide some with more abundance than others?

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2025/02/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

I know God promises to provide, but I feel like I’m living hand to mouth. Why is it so tough for some (like the starving people in the world) and…

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Read more about the article Q&A: Is it wrong to use different instruments in worship?

Q&A: Is it wrong to use different instruments in worship?

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2025/01/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Is it wrong to use different instruments in worship? Thanks for this important question. As part of this question, you offered a bit more background: “A fellow member and I…

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Read more about the article Q&A: How can I be okay with whatever God thinks is best?

Q&A: How can I be okay with whatever God thinks is best?

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

I struggle with God’s will and the disappointing things that happen in my life. I have difficulty praying, “Your will be done,” because I don’t want to give up control.…

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Read more about the article Q&A: What is so destructive about gossip?

Q&A: What is so destructive about gossip?

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2024/11/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

I always hear that gossip is dangerous, but everybody does it. What is so destructive about it? The biblical concept of gossip is sharing other people’s secrets or speaking negatively…

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Read more about the article Q&A: Is John 6:54 a reference to the Lord’s Supper?

Q&A: Is John 6:54 a reference to the Lord’s Supper?

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

Is John 6:54 a reference to the Lord’s Supper? “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day”…

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Read more about the article Q&A: Why do we pray, “Lead us not into temptation,” if God can’t tempt us?

Q&A: Why do we pray, “Lead us not into temptation,” if God can’t tempt us?

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

Why do we pray, “Lead us not into temptation”? I thought God can’t tempt us. In the Lord's Prayer, “Lead us not into temptation” follows immediately after “Forgive us our…

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Read more about the article Q&A: If I struggle with trusting that my faith is real, is my faith fake?

Q&A: If I struggle with trusting that my faith is real, is my faith fake?

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2024/08/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

I believe that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God and Jesus died for my sins, but I struggle with the trust that seems to come easily for others.…

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