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Read more about the article Parent conversations: How do we teach children resilience?

Parent conversations: How do we teach children resilience?

  • Post author:Jenni Schubring and Karen Fischer
  • Post published:2021/03/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ/Parent Conversations

One of the fun parts of managing this column is that I’m never quite sure how God is going to bring it all together—I just know that he will. For…

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Read more about the article Psalms: Songs of his people

Psalms: Songs of his people

  • Post author:Paul Prange
  • Post published:2021/03/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Called the hymnal of the Old Testament, the psalms continue to give God’s people comfort, strength, and hope. It could have been my deathbed. Personal use of the psalms It…

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Read more about the article Please explain: How do we know that Jesus rose from the dead?

Please explain: How do we know that Jesus rose from the dead?

  • Post author:Timothy Bourman
  • Post published:2021/03/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

For many centuries, culture approached knowing truth through reason. The idea was that if we could just sit with each other and reason together, we would without a doubt come…

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Read more about the article President’s message: The fields are ripe for harvest

President’s message: The fields are ripe for harvest

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2021/03/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

It was the summer of 1961. The Wisconsin Synod, meeting in convention, had just made the very difficult decision to suspend fellowship with the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod for doctrinal reasons.…

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Read more about the article Bible study: The Bible’s account of Easter morning

Bible study: The Bible’s account of Easter morning

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2021/03/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

CHRIST IS RISEN! He is risen, indeed! This is the shout of the church, not just on Easter but every day. The resurrection is the lynchpin of Christianity. The apostle…

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Read more about the article Q&A: How can I explain how Jesus’ resurrection is possible and if the Bible is reliable?

Q&A: How can I explain how Jesus’ resurrection is possible and if the Bible is reliable?

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2021/03/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Q&A: How can I answer people who question how Jesus’ resurrection is possible and if the Bible is reliable? Many theories but one truth Critics have tried many times to…

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Read more about the article Pick up the proper sword

Pick up the proper sword

  • Post author:Peter Prange
  • Post published:2021/03/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

“ ‘Put your sword back in its place,’ Jesus said to him, ‘for all who draw the sword will die by the sword’ ” (Matthew 26:52). It was a natural…

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Read more about the article The Bible still matters: Part 3

The Bible still matters: Part 3

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2021/03/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

The Bible is the only source of truth. On the shores of the Sea of Galilee, a large crowd looked for Jesus and for answers. He “had compassion on them,…

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Read more about the article A thought: Scripture alone

A thought: Scripture alone

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2021/03/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Scripture is the revelation of God—his message from above to all of us here below. Its primary message is the gospel, and that’s the power to open our understanding to…

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