death

Don’t turn away

Post author:Rachel Olson
Post published:2021/02/26
Post category:FIC Features Forward in Christ

Journeying with Jesus to the cross is not a pretty sight. It’s uncomfortable. It’s necessary. It’s heartbreaking. It’s beautiful. As a school-aged girl, I attended a passion play with family…

A thought: The Ides of March

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2021/02/25
Post category:FIC Features FIC Series Forward in Christ

Perhaps Shakespeare’s tragedy, Julius Caesar, brought the idea of the Ides of March to English speakers. Without his play, it seems that March 15 might not be remembered as the…

Faith and the thinking Christian: Science as servant

Post author:James F. Borgwardt
Post published:2020/12/28
Post category:FIC Features FIC Series Forward in Christ

Early one morning, the team gathered on the open plain. Staring at the tower in the distance, they waited. All of their intense, combined efforts over the past many months…

Now I lay me down to sleep

Post author:Harold Hoeppner
Post published:2020/08/31
Post category:FIC Features Forward in Christ

One veteran Christian adds the certainty of heaven to a familiar prayer. Many of us have tucked our children to bed with the words of a familiar prayer: Now I…

Devotion: Clarity in life from closeness to death

Post author:Joel Seifert
Post published:2020/07/28
Post category:FIC Features Forward in Christ

“Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is” (Psalm 39:4). “This just doesn’t seem real.” Have you heard people…

Bible study: A loving God saved people from hell

Post author:David Scharf
Post published:2020/06/29
Post category:00unavailable FIC Features FIC Series Forward in Christ

Universalism says that the biblical teaching of eternal damnation is incompatible with the concept of a loving God. Universalists believe that God will eventually destroy all sin and save all…

To die is gain

Post author:Twila Fickel
Post published:2020/05/31
Post category:FIC Features Forward in Christ

Although her time on earth was short, Jodi lived as an example of God’s love. Jodi got the diagnosis the summer after her first year in college—it was cancer. She…

Q&A: Is death natural?

Post author:David Scharf
Post published:2020/05/31
Post category:FIC Features FIC Series Forward in Christ

All of my life, I have heard the phrase “Death is natural.” I never questioned its truth until I watched my grandma pass away. Even though she believed in Jesus,…

Bible study: God provides victory over death!

Post author:David Scharf
Post published:2020/05/31
Post category:FIC Features FIC Series Forward in Christ

First, it is important to answer the question, “What is death?” Very simply, death is separation. The Bible speaks of three types of separation: physical, spiritual, and eternal. Physical death…

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