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Read more about the article Movie depicts God’s work in the life of a second-career pastor

Movie depicts God’s work in the life of a second-career pastor

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2025/01/31
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

He worked as an undertaker, an undercover narcotics detective, and a homicide investigator. For the past 15 years, he has served as pastor at St. Mark, Leesburg, Fla. The story…

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Read more about the article WELS podcasts: Where Two or Three

WELS podcasts: Where Two or Three

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  • Post published:2025/01/31
  • Post category:Podcast/Forward in Christ/FIC News/FIC Series

Podcast: Where Two or Three Hosts: Prof. Mark Paustian and John Wildauer Description: Christian conversation at the table of communication scholarship A taste of previous topics: Mark Paustian and John Wildauer…

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Read more about the article Bible story art shares gospel with children

Bible story art shares gospel with children

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  • Post published:2025/01/31
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When Eternal Love, Appleton, Wis., determined that it needed to renovate the playground area of its pre-K program, Wee Love Learning Center, it decided that meant more than just getting…

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Read more about the article Moments with missionaries: Ross Chartrand

Moments with missionaries: Ross Chartrand

  • Post author:Ross Chartrand
  • Post published:2025/01/31
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

My wife and I were standing in an empty living room of a new house filled with dust and echoes and not much else until our moving truck arrived. Neither…

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Read more about the article Twenty years of WELS Schools Accreditation

Twenty years of WELS Schools Accreditation

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2025/01/31
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

This school year, WELS Schools Accreditation (WELSSA) is marking 20 years of helping WELS schools provide the assurance of a quality, Christ-centered education to families. The WELSSA process reviews and…

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Read more about the article Community news: February 2025

Community news: February 2025

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  • Post published:2025/01/31
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News/District News

Every year at the last chapel service before Christmas, Luther Preparatory School, Watertown, Wis., recognizes those who have anniversaries for service at the school. In December 2024, these faculty and…

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Read more about the article God’s great love

God’s great love

  • Post author:Evan Chartrand
  • Post published:2025/01/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” (1 John 3:1). In a month…

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Read more about the article Who is to blame?

Who is to blame?

  • Post author:James F. Pope
  • Post published:2025/01/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“How can God condemn people if they’ve never heard the gospel?” That is the question Steve Lange addressed in this month’s “Please explain.” As Lange pointed out, the question is…

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Read more about the article Book nook: When Cancer Comes

Book nook: When Cancer Comes

  • Post author:Susanne Hanson
  • Post published:2025/01/31
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

In a new series “When Cancer Comes,” James Aderman, David Haag, and Tim Gumm take readers on three remarkable journeys that involve the dreaded word cancer but quickly guide their…

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