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Read more about the article Parent conversations: How should families prepare to go back to school?

Parent conversations: How should families prepare to go back to school?

  • Post author:Rachel Blum and Dan Nommensen
  • Post published:2020/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ/Parent Conversations

How should families prepare to go back to school? That’s quite a question this year, isn’t it? After all, education is likely to look different depending on what school you…

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Read more about the article Campus Ministry: Celebrating 100 years

Campus Ministry: Celebrating 100 years

  • Post author:Jonathan P. Bilitz
  • Post published:2020/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

The same Jesus proclaimed in Lutheran Campus Ministries one hundred years ago still receives the focus today. A picture on the TODAY Show or the local news. A letter from…

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Read more about the article Friends are friends forever

Friends are friends forever

  • Post author:Snowden Gene Sims
  • Post published:2020/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

This article’s title comes from a Michael W. Smith song from the late 1980s. The lyrics say, “Friends are friends forever if the Lord’s the lord of them.” Smith’s point…

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Read more about the article The visible church

The visible church

  • Post author:Peter Unnasch
  • Post published:2020/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

At church we find believers because the Holy Spirit works through the gospel, but we also find hypocrites. It’s Sunday morning at Midtown Evangelical Lutheran Church. The late service begins…

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Read more about the article Devotion: Clarity in life from closeness to death

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…

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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: Kent Gavin

Confessions of faith: Kent Gavin

  • Post author:Gabriella Blauert
  • Post published:2020/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

An Army captain matures in his faith as he works to help other cadets grow in their understanding of God’s Word. Captain Kent Gavin opens his laptop to Zoom, the…

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Read more about the article President’s message: Future unknown, future certain

President’s message: Future unknown, future certain

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2020/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Earlier this year, I was asked to make a presentation on the topic, “What will the Wisconsin Synod look like one hundred years from now?” It was a daunting assignment…

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Read more about the article One ordinary life

One ordinary life

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2020/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Christians often live quiet, humble lives, but their lives matter. How do we measure the value and importance of a Christian life? We gravitate to those who have done great…

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Read more about the article Bible study: God made the world

Bible study: God made the world

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2020/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

If God did not create the world, then humans become superior animals struggling to survive instead of the crown of God’s creation. Survival or serving oneself instead of glorifying God…

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