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Read more about the article Bacon-wrapped lies

Bacon-wrapped lies

  • Post author:Andrew Schroer
  • Post published:2022/01/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Bacon makes everything better. For some, that’s a self-evident truth. I am not much of a salad eater, but salad with bacon bits is palatable. Jalapeños give me indigestion, but…

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Read more about the article Now thank we all our God!

Now thank we all our God!

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2021/10/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

In 1617 Martin Rinkart, a Lutheran pastor, returned to his hometown of Eilenburg, Saxony, to serve as archdeacon—just as the Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648) was about to begin. Since Eilenburg…

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A daily walk with our Shepherd

  • Post author:Snowden Gene Sims
  • Post published:2021/09/23
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Parents enjoy tucking their children into bed when they are little. Children love to be tucked in—most of the time. A bedtime routine comes with the tucking in. When my…

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Read more about the article A hymn for all ages

A hymn for all ages

  • Post author:Snowden Gene Sims
  • Post published:2021/06/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

It is not too often that a third-grade boy is impressed by a hymn as long and deep as “Behold a Host, Arrayed in White” (Christian Worship 550). My Lutheran…

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Step forward in faith!

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2021/04/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Your heart is pounding and your stomach is attempting back flips in those tense moments before the ceremony begins. Gowns are donned, and caps are straightened. Then you march into…

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Read more about the article Amen, Amen

Amen, Amen

  • Post author:Snowden Gene Sims
  • Post published:2021/03/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Some psalms, hymns, or spiritual songs make a lasting impression on you at a certain time in your life. Different events or situations in life can leave you hanging onto…

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How I approach vaccines as a Christian physician

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

As a Christian physician and as a parent, I ask questions and seek out accurate information about any medical treatment. Vaccines are no exception to this. Are vaccines safe? The…

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In Christ

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2021/01/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

My handwriting is bad. So bad, in fact, that even doctors—infamous for the unintelligible scribbles—look at my handwriting and say, “What did you write?” With that mea culpa (or if…

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Read more about the article One person at a time

One person at a time

  • Post author:Snowden Gene Sims
  • Post published:2020/12/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

When all the social and relationship issues of our nation came to a head in the summer of 2020, citizens in our nation and members of our synod had mixed…

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