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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 You can own a red car

You can own a red car

  • Post author:James F. Pope
  • Post published:2024/12/23
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

It was definitely the most unusual church parking lot I had ever seen. While driving past it at highway speed, it looked like all the drivers of the 50-plus cars…

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Read more about the article Free in Christ: Worship

Free in Christ: Worship

  • Post author:John Bortulin, Frank Italiano, Nathan Strutz
  • Post published:2024/11/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

"Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs” (Psalm 100:2). Read how three churches offer worship services that fit their context. "That they might see Christ" My…

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Read more about the article Examined and confirmed

Examined and confirmed

  • Post author:James F. Pope
  • Post published:2024/04/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

If you were confirmed as a youth, what stands out about that day? Excitement? Nervousness? Relief? What about Examination Sunday? More nervousness? Suspense? What would you think of going through…

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Read more about the article Free in Christ: Youth confirmation practices

Free in Christ: Youth confirmation practices

  • Post author:Stephen Geiger, Brian Pechman, Jason and Kristen Jafferis
  • Post published:2024/04/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“We will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD” (Psalm 78:4). Read how congregations are helping equip young adults for lives of faith and love. Family-centered catechism…

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Read more about the article Free in Christ: Community outreach

Free in Christ: Community outreach

  • Post author:Paul Biedenbender, Bradley Johnston, Steve Waldschmidt
  • Post published:2024/03/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth” (1 John 3:18). See how congregations reach out with Christ’s love in their communities. “In humility…

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Read more about the article Free in Christ: Personal witnessing

Free in Christ: Personal witnessing

  • Post author:Lori Ryan, Steve Hansen
  • Post published:2024/02/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Two WELS members share how they “let [their] light shine” (Matthew 5:16) in the world. Lori and Brent Ryan, members at Holy Trinity, New Hope, Minn., use in-home hospitality to…

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Read more about the article Free in Christ: Personal Bible study

Free in Christ: Personal Bible study

  • Post author:Jane Schlenvogt-Dew, Robert Martens
  • Post published:2024/01/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18). Read how these Christians carry out that instruction in their lives. In the days…

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Read more about the article Free in Christ: Congregational Bible studies

Free in Christ: Congregational Bible studies

  • Post author:Collin Vanderhoof, Gary Pufahl
  • Post published:2023/12/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly” (Colossians 3:16). Read how two congregations provide different opportunities to study that message. I arrived in Menomonee Falls, Wis., in 2019.…

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