A Thought

A thought: Scripture alone

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2021/03/27
Post category:FIC Features FIC Series Forward in Christ

Scripture is the revelation of God—his message from above to all of us here below. Its primary message is the gospel, and that’s the power to open our understanding to…

A thought: Their message to us

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2021/03/27
Post category:FIC Features FIC Series Forward in Christ

In the upper room, Jesus told his disciple a great deal about what was soon to happen. He told them, “I have much more to say to you, more than…

A thought: The Ides of March

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2021/02/25
Post category:FIC Features FIC Series Forward in Christ

Perhaps Shakespeare’s tragedy, Julius Caesar, brought the idea of the Ides of March to English speakers. Without his play, it seems that March 15 might not be remembered as the…

A thought: The path of the righteous

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2021/01/29
Post category:FIC Features FIC Series Forward in Christ

A few weeks ago when I was taking a walk, I passed a car with the license plate “PVB 3V5.” It dawned on me that the plate was a Christian…

A thought: The Bible still matters

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2020/12/28
Post category:FIC Features FIC Series Forward in Christ

The Bible is God’s revelation. It’s not speculation. God’s revelation focuses on one person—Jesus Christ. Many have asked why an itinerant preacher two thousand years ago is important to us…

A thought: Happy birthday, Brother!

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2020/11/29
Post category:FIC Features FIC Series Forward in Christ

Birthday parties for family members are most often special events—the candles, the cake, the presents, and then the pictures. Years later we trot out the pictures to remember the young…

A thought: Change

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2020/10/28
Post category:FIC Features FIC Series Forward in Christ

We spent a couple of days in the northern part of Wisconsin. The leaves were green at home when we left. When we arrived, the trees were mostly green except…

A thought: Our Father

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2020/09/28
Post category:FIC Features FIC Series Forward in Christ

“Our Father in heaven.” So Jesus taught us his prayer. It’s actually our prayer. It begins, “Our Father.” Yet we say it so often it might have become only words…

A thought: The difference

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2020/08/31
Post category:FIC Features FIC Series Forward in Christ

I’m looking out my study window this morning. The grass is green. The birds are flying from branch to branch. The robins are hopping on the grass to find lunch.…

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