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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 Teen talk: My life as a child of divorce

Teen talk: My life as a child of divorce

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/05/20
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Divorce affects entire families. How can we support and encourage those struggling with the long-lasting effects? I am a product of divorce. As a child, it defined me. My parents…

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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: Caroline and Lawrence McCatty

Confessions of faith: Caroline and Lawrence McCatty

  • Post author:Julie Wietzke
  • Post published:2022/02/24
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

A couple’s prayers are answered as they discover the truth of God’s Word as well as new opportunities to share it. When Caroline and Lawrence McCatty relocated from England to the…

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Read more about the article What makes Christmas Christmas?

What makes Christmas Christmas?

  • Post author:Melissa Anne Kreuser
  • Post published:2021/11/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Christmas isn’t about what we do. It’s about Christ coming to earth to do what we were unable to do. I have a secret. And it’s about Christmas. It might…

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Read more about the article The book of James: Waiting for Christ’s return

The book of James: Waiting for Christ’s return

  • Post author:Richard E. Lauersdorf
  • Post published:2021/11/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Christ is coming! That was the Old Testament believers’ great hope. He did come to lowly crib and cross to save the world. Christ is coming! That is the New…

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Read more about the article Christ’s return is imminent

Christ’s return is imminent

  • Post author:Matthew Kimmel
  • Post published:2020/11/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

The day of judgment brings an end to all the world’s evil and trouble. December is upon us. We’ve journeyed through a whirlwind of a year filled with tumult, uncertainty,…

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Read more about the article Christmas glory

Christmas glory

  • Post author:Gary Baumler
  • Post published:2020/11/29
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The lights, the flames, and the bright Christmas displays are only dim reminders of the great glory of Christmas. Christmas is a time of glory. Consider the glory the apostle…

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Read more about the article A thought: The Christ

A thought: The Christ

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2020/02/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Christianity is not just a label, a category, or a space to be filled in for some pollster. We are named after Christ. The shepherds heard the angels identify the…

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