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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 Fear, fellowship, facts, and freedom

Fear, fellowship, facts, and freedom

  • Post author:Mary Clemons
  • Post published:2021/05/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Online worship is truly a blessing. So, is there a curse? As with most things, there can be. My first Sunday of in-person worship since our move back to Arizona…

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Read more about the article Pick up the proper sword

Pick up the proper sword

  • Post author:Peter Prange
  • Post published:2021/03/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“ ‘Put your sword back in its place,’ Jesus said to him, ‘for all who draw the sword will die by the sword’ ” (Matthew 26:52). It was a natural…

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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: Jon-Michael Blowe

Confessions of faith: Jon-Michael Blowe

  • Post author:Gabriella Blauert
  • Post published:2021/02/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

After years of questioning membership in the church, a father joins his daughter on confirmation day to confess his faith in Christ. Jon-Michael Blowe can jump into high-stress situations with…

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Read more about the article Please explain: Why can’t my sister have communion with us?

Please explain: Why can’t my sister have communion with us?

  • Post author:Gary Pufahl
  • Post published:2020/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Why can’t my sister have communion with us? Gary A. Pufahl How do I answer that question “Why can’t my sister have communion with us?” without knowing either the person…

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Read more about the article Jesus’ last will and testament

Jesus’ last will and testament

  • Post author:Daniel Habben
  • Post published:2020/02/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

“And he took bread, . . . saying, ‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.’ . . . He took the cup, saying, ‘This cup…

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President’s message: What’s love got to do with it?

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2020/02/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

From time to time I receive questions about why our synod puts a particular doctrine into practice the way we do. I had such a question recently about closed (or…

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Read more about the article What it means to be truly Lutheran: Lord’s Supper

What it means to be truly Lutheran: Lord’s Supper

  • Post author:Joel Otto
  • Post published:2017/10/13
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Teachings about the Lord’s Supper separate most of the various branches of Christianity. When true Lutherans accept this teaching of the Scriptures, they stand apart from other Christians. Roman Catholicism…

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