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Read more about the article Q&A: When we pray, “Your kingdom come,” what are we praying for?

Q&A: When we pray, “Your kingdom come,” what are we praying for?

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2023/01/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

When we pray, "Your kingdom come," what are we praying for?  The word kingdom is short for “king’s dominion.” What does Jesus have dominion over? Everything! However, when we pray,…

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Read more about the article A new part of the family

A new part of the family

  • Post author:Gabriella Blauert
  • Post published:2022/12/27
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

“He’s a part of our family. He’s Uncle Tony now!” The Leyrer family signed up in 2015 to participate in the International Student Program facilitated by St. John, Wauwatosa, Wis.…

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Read more about the article Please explain: If I have been baptized, does that mean I have been anointed?

Please explain: If I have been baptized, does that mean I have been anointed?

  • Post author:Wayne Laitinen
  • Post published:2022/12/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

If I have been baptized, does that mean I have been anointed? Answering our question means comparing Old Testament anointing with New Testament Baptism. Old Testament anointing The ritual of…

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Read more about the article What does this mean for me? Article 6

What does this mean for me? Article 6

  • Post author:Greg Lyon
  • Post published:2022/11/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

God uses stuff. God spoke and it was so. The expansive sky. The depths of the sea. The great birds of the air and the smallest insect that crawls unnoticed.…

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Read more about the article Our Lord reigns

Our Lord reigns

  • Post author:Richard Gurgel
  • Post published:2022/10/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Even when all the world seems against him, our heavenly Father holds all history in loving hands. Aren’t you glad the worst of the pandemic is over? It wasn’t just…

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Read more about the article Q&A: My friend died and was not a professing Christian. What do I say to the family?

Q&A: My friend died and was not a professing Christian. What do I say to the family?

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2022/08/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

My friend died and was not a professing Christian. What do I say to the family? What a tragedy when someone passes away who doesn’t believe in Jesus. “Whoever does…

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Read more about the article Bible study: Baptismal blessings

Bible study: Baptismal blessings

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2022/08/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Baptism connects us to our Father in heaven and makes us part of his family. The church has described Baptism as “an individual application of the Word” and the “visible…

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Read more about the article My Christian life: From prospect to pastor

My Christian life: From prospect to pastor

  • Post author:Alicia A. Neumann
  • Post published:2022/06/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

One year out of the seminary, a pastor shares his journey into the public ministry. Jacob Shepherd, pastor at St. Paul, Round Lake Park, Ill., remembers when he started thinking…

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Read more about the article Sound the alarm

Sound the alarm

  • Post author:Nathan Nass
  • Post published:2022/06/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

My wife and I were sitting in our living room, enjoying the quiet of having all our kids in bed. Just as the peace began to settle on our house,…

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