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    Read more about the article Trading places

    Trading places

    • Post author:James F. Pope
    • Post published:2025/02/28
    • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

    It is a section of the Bible that has long amazed me. “I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my…

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    Read more about the article When politics drives you crazy: Part 3

    When politics drives you crazy: Part 3

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

    Remember that civil servants are God's servants too. Submitting to the authorities that God has established should be a no-brainer. Without authority, this world would be far more chaotic than…

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    Read more about the article Q&A: Can a person come back to faith after falling away?

    Q&A: Can a person come back to faith after falling away?

    • Post author:David Scharf
    • Post published:2024/07/31
    • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

    Can a person come back to faith after falling away? Hebrews 6:4-6 seems to indicate that this is not the case. Let's start by looking at what Hebrews 6:4-6 says:…

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    Read more about the article More than conquerors

    More than conquerors

    • Post author:Evan Chartrand
    • Post published:2024/05/22
    • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

    “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us” (Romans 8:37). Have you ever been at a loss for words? Maybe it was when…

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    Read more about the article What if it’s true . . . that you are a child of God

    What if it’s true . . . that you are a child of God

    • Post author:Greg Lyon
    • Post published:2024/04/30
    • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

    We live in a world that is having an identity crisis. We tie our identities to political parties, to work, to relationships, to popularity, to finances (or lack thereof), to…

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    Read more about the article God is still building his church

    God is still building his church

    • Post author:Mark Schroeder
    • Post published:2024/04/30
    • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

    The apostle Paul had been called by God to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ in many places and to many people. He watched as God caused the seed of…

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    Read more about the article Q&A: What would Jesus think about all the different Christian denominations?

    Q&A: What would Jesus think about all the different Christian denominations?

    • Post author:David Scharf
    • Post published:2024/03/29
    • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

    Jesus wants his church to be unified. Wouldn’t he be appalled by all the different Christian denominations? In the high priestly prayer, Jesus prays, “My prayer is not for them…

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    Read more about the article Please explain: Why does the Bible call Satan “the god of this age”?

    Please explain: Why does the Bible call Satan “the god of this age”?

    • Post author:Paul Wendland
    • Post published:2024/01/30
    • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

    Why does the Bible call Satan "the god of this age"? In his second letter to the Corinthians, Paul writes, “Even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to…

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    Read more about the article Crying seasons

    Crying seasons

    • Post author:Nathan Nass
    • Post published:2023/12/26
    • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

    As sad as your saddest day on earth, heaven will be more joyful. I met a Christian man recently who is writing a book about his life. His goal isn’t…

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