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Read more about the article Parent conversations: What do parents need to know about video games?

Parent conversations: What do parents need to know about video games?

  • Post author:Brandon Hayes and Rob Guenther
  • Post published:2022/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ/Parent Conversations

Trying to keep up with new video games and video gaming systems can be overwhelming. It’s easy for my first instinct as a parent to be “No!” For our family,…

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Read more about the article With clear eyes

With clear eyes

  • Post author:Katherine Martin
  • Post published:2022/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

The account of Jesus’ appearance to Mary Magdalene sharpens our focus on exactly who Jesus is. In the morning, nearsighted people fumble on the bedside table for their glasses. They…

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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: Jack and Cathie Dearing

Confessions of faith: Jack and Cathie Dearing

  • Post author:Rachel Hartman
  • Post published:2022/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

After retiring, a couple discovers a church where Martin Luther’s reformed teachings preside and Jesus’ free and all-encompassing grace is preached. During their working years, Jack and Cathie Dearing moved…

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Read more about the article Hope on our journey

Hope on our journey

  • Post author:Aaron Goetzinger
  • Post published:2022/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

We sometimes are slow to believe the Scriptures, where we find rock-solid truth. While a group of Jesus’ disciples stayed in Jerusalem, two were headed home, or at the very…

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Read more about the article King David and our future King: Article 4

King David and our future King: Article 4

  • Post author:Timothy J. Westendorf 
  • Post published:2022/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

The result of David and Jesus’ missions to save the captives was the same—complete victory. David, the Lord’s anointed king-elect, lived for a time in a way unfit for a…

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Read more about the article Believe the Word

Believe the Word

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2022/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

For centuries before Jesus came to Earth, thousands from many generations waited for his coming. They watched for his coming, but they saw nothing except the words of the prophets.…

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Read more about the article My Christian life: A Malawian Christian committed to serving others

My Christian life: A Malawian Christian committed to serving others

  • Post author:Gabriella Blauert
  • Post published:2022/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

A Malawian Christian brings his faith to the United States and back home again to Africa. On the opposite side of the world, other Lutherans right now are praying to…

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Read more about the article Please explain: What’s the big deal about Easter?

Please explain: What’s the big deal about Easter?

  • Post author:Daniel Leyrer
  • Post published:2022/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Easter is a big deal. Children develop special memories of Easter baskets and colored eggs and take those memories right into adulthood. People of faith gather for worship and fellowship…

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Read more about the article The upper room

The upper room

  • Post author:Jonathan Bourman
  • Post published:2022/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

A congregation uses art to experience anew Jesus’ appearance to his disciples. In 2018, Peace, Aiken, S.C., commissioned three pieces from WELS artist Jason Jaspersen for its church, including “Upper…

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