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Read more about the article Please explain: Why should I be a Christian when I have to suffer?

Please explain: Why should I be a Christian when I have to suffer?

  • Post author:Bruce McKenney
  • Post published:2020/06/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

She was lying in the hospital bed awaiting the test results. She was facing surgery and a long recuperation. As I stood by her bedside, she asked, “Why is God…

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Read more about the article As we come and go

As we come and go

  • Post author:Andrew Schroer
  • Post published:2020/06/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

I am overflowing with excitement. As I write these words, we are making our final preparations to celebrate our first public worship services as a church in over two months.…

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Read more about the article Q&A: Does God send people to hell?

Q&A: Does God send people to hell?

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

My neighbor is super kind and always treats others well. He wants God to do the same. Every time we speak about the Bible, he always asks, “How can you…

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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: Cristina Urbanek

Confessions of faith: Cristina Urbanek

  • Post author:Ann Jahns
  • Post published:2020/06/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Technology offers opportunities to teach a woman from Peru more about God’s grace How does a native of Lima, Peru, become a confirmed member of a WELS church in Wisconsin?…

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Read more about the article 2020 Martin Luther College grads

2020 Martin Luther College grads

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2020/06/29
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

  View the musical tributes produced by Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary and Martin Luther College. Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary tribute |  Martin Luther College tribute To see Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary's graduates, visit forwardinchrist.net/2020-wls-grads.    …

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Read more about the article President’s message: God’s work does not stop

President’s message: God’s work does not stop

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2020/06/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Last spring, the United States and countries around the world responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in unprecedented ways. In most states, many businesses were forced to cease operations, and schools…

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Read more about the article Bible study: A loving God saved people from hell

Bible study: A loving God saved people from hell

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2020/06/29
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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…

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Read more about the article Parent conversations: How does a teen’s brain work?

Parent conversations: How does a teen’s brain work?

  • Post author:Laura Reinke
  • Post published:2020/06/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ/Parent Conversations

Each phase of childhood comes with its own unique set of blessings and challenges, doesn’t it? Teenagers get a bad rap, but as my daughter enters high school, I have…

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Read more about the article A thought: Joy and peace today and everyday

A thought: Joy and peace today and everyday

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2020/06/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

It’s been a test for us all. It included self-quarantine and social distancing. All the while businesses were closed, and contacts with friends and family became digital. Churches stood empty…

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