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President’s message: A lesson to be learned

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2020/05/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

As I write this in April, our world is in the midst of what most would agree is an unprecedented crisis. The COVID-19 virus has had serious effects on almost…

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Read more about the article Public ministry matters

Public ministry matters

  • Post author:Michael Borgwardt
  • Post published:2020/05/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

All believers have a ministry, but we call it “public ministry” when believers ask or call someone to serve them. To understand what public ministry is and why it matters…

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Read more about the article Bible study: God provides victory over death!

Bible study: God provides victory over death!

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

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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Getting older. Getting closer.

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2020/05/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

As a young boy, sometimes I’d think, In the year 2000, I’ll be 45 years old. Wow, that’s old! Guess what? My perspective has changed—in part because the year 2000…

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Read more about the article Please explain: How do I know whom to believe now that Jesus is gone?

Please explain: How do I know whom to believe now that Jesus is gone?

  • Post author:Luke Thompson
  • Post published:2020/05/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Have you ever found yourself on your own: leaving home to launch your adult life, traveling in a foreign country, or losing a spouse or parent? What did it feel…

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Read more about the article Spur one another on

Spur one another on

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2020/05/26
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

“Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one…

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Read more about the article New director for Christian Aid and Relief
Left to right: Dan Sims; his wife, Jennifer; and their three kids, George; Josie; and Marcus.

New director for Christian Aid and Relief

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2020/05/26
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

In June, Dan Sims will begin his work as the new full-time director of WELS Christian Aid and Relief. “As much as I will miss parish ministry, I’m really excited…

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Read more about the article New mission online event set for this month

New mission online event set for this month

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2020/05/26
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

WELS Missions and the Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society (LWMS) are partnering to offer Taste and See, a first-of-its-kind free online mission event, from June 27–July 11. This new opportunity to…

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Read more about the article Book nook: In God’s Orchard

Book nook: In God’s Orchard

  • Post author:Melissa Brander
  • Post published:2020/05/26
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

In God’s Orchard: Cultivating the Fruit of a Spirit-Filled Life may not be the first Bible study ever written about the fruits of the Spirit, but it has a lot…

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