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Read more about the article My Christian life: Highlighting the Scriptures through art

My Christian life: Highlighting the Scriptures through art

  • Post author:Gabriella Blauert
  • Post published:2021/05/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

An artist highlights the Scriptures in new ways through his art. Many would say that our truest passions in life emerge in childhood. But as we move into adolescence and…

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Read more about the article Faith and the thinking Christian: Part 6: Evolution and the thoughtful Christian

Faith and the thinking Christian: Part 6: Evolution and the thoughtful Christian

  • Post author:James F. Borgwardt
  • Post published:2021/05/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5). The last…

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Read more about the article Sunshine and rain

Sunshine and rain

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2021/05/26
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I love the sunrise and often watch the sunset at the end of the day. Sometimes seeing sunrises takes a special effort to start my day early, but sunsets only…

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Perspective

  • Post author:Andrew Schroer
  • Post published:2021/05/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

At the turn of the last century, two competing shoe companies in the United States looked to expand their business. Both heard about a developing country in Africa that was…

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Read more about the article The liturgy: Patterns of praise

The liturgy: Patterns of praise

  • Post author:Jonathan Micheel
  • Post published:2021/05/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Our patterns of worship praise our gracious Lord and build up one another for life’s journey. It’s Sunday morning. What are we going to do? Most of us will say,…

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Read more about the article Q&A: Where should I send my child to school?

Q&A: Where should I send my child to school?

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2021/05/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

I’m trying to decide where to send my child to school. My friend is warning me about considering public school because my child would be exposed to more temptation. Do…

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Read more about the article Bible study: The importance of the family altar

Bible study: The importance of the family altar

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2021/05/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

THE Q&A ARTICLE talks about the choice between sending your child to a Lutheran elementary school or to a public school. I know many WELS teachers in the public school…

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Read more about the article Hands off the Bible!

Hands off the Bible!

  • Post author:James F. Pope
  • Post published:2021/05/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

The Bible is God’s Word. He doesn’t want us to pick and choose what we believe.  There are few acts in the Bible more brazen than this one by Jehoiakim,…

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Parent conversations: What is vocation? How does it apply to parenting?

  • Post author:Michael J. Berg, Nicole Balza
  • Post published:2021/05/26
  • Post category:Parent Conversations/FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

As a parent, it’s easy to get mired down in the day-to-day routines and the mundane details and forget that what we are doing is an important honor. One of…

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