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October 2021

  • Post author:Nicole Balza
  • Post published:2021/09/27
  • Post category:Bible Reading Plan

Week 37 Acts 17:1-15 Acts 17:16-34 Acts 18:1-28 Acts 19:1-20 Acts 19:21-41 Acts 20:1-12 Acts 20:13-38 Week 38 Acts 21:1-16 Acts 21:17-36 Acts 21:37–22:29 Acts 22:30–23:22 Acts 23:23–24:27 Acts 25:1-27…

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Parent conversations: You might be a Lutheran parent if . . .

  • Post author:Rob Guenther, Nicole Balza
  • Post published:2021/09/24
  • Post category:Parent Conversations/FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Does anyone else feel the weight of all the serious issues we have been dealing with as a society over the past couple years? I mean, yes, COVID, but so…

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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: Dale Anne Mondy

Confessions of faith: Dale Anne Mondy

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  • Post published:2021/09/23
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

God’s grace and promises provide comfort for a woman during dark times. “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through…

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Read more about the article The second Martin

The second Martin

  • Post author:Evan Chartrand
  • Post published:2021/09/23
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Martin Chemnitz has important lessons for us as we confess God’s truth in our world. “You Protestants have two Martins; if the second had not come, the first would not…

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Read more about the article My Christian life: One man’s battle with anxiety

My Christian life: One man’s battle with anxiety

  • Post author:William Woodington
  • Post published:2021/09/23
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Anxiety can prove to be a good thing. It can draw us back to God and his promises. I recently took my mask off. I am not referring to the…

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Jesus every day

  • Post author:Pamela Holz
  • Post published:2021/09/23
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Six simple ways to bring faith into focus for families every day of the week. Lists of things seem to be the popular way to get people to click on…

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Read more about the article Please explain: Is God’s design for marriage relevant in today’s world?

Please explain: Is God’s design for marriage relevant in today’s world?

  • Post author:Jeremy Mattek
  • Post published:2021/09/23
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

It's not difficult to find God’s definition of marriage. “At the beginning,” Jesus said, “the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave…

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President’s message: To judge or not to judge

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2021/09/23
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

It’s always a little baffling to me that some of the most familiar words in the Bible can so often be misunderstood, misquoted, or misapplied. How many times have you…

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Read more about the article Bible study: Rewards of grace

Bible study: Rewards of grace

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2021/09/23
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

The parable of the talents appears in a section of Scripture where Jesus is describing the end times. Though an exact value of a talent is difficult to calculate with…

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