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God’s big love

  • Post author:Evan Chartrand
  • Post published:2026/08/31
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“He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his…

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Speaking truth to power

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2026/08/31
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They were laymen. They were courageous political leaders. And they were faithful Lutherans. Theirs is a truly fascinating story—an account of incredible courage, life-or-death drama, and unwavering conviction. It was…

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Read more about the article Straight talk: A path to a stronger WELS college of ministry

Straight talk: A path to a stronger WELS college of ministry

  • Post author:Richard Gurgel
  • Post published:2026/08/31
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You may have heard that Martin Luther College (MLC) is facing the challenge of having lost license eligibility for newly enrolled students entering teacher training programs. How did this happen?…

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Read more about the article My Christian life: A modern-day Job

My Christian life: A modern-day Job

  • Post author:James F. Pope
  • Post published:2026/08/31
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A Christian man experiences how the Lord gave, took away, and gave again. “In a single day, Job lost his entire world. It sounds a little bit too familiar, doesn’t…

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Read more about the article Q&A: Who is to blame for the fall into sin in Eden?

Q&A: Who is to blame for the fall into sin in Eden?

  • Post author:Stephen Geiger
  • Post published:2026/08/31
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Who is to blame for the fall into sin in Eden? When we are caught doing something wrong, it can be almost automatic—we blame someone else. A guilty child points…

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Read more about the article Parent conversations: Talking to your kids about sex

Parent conversations: Talking to your kids about sex

  • Post author:Bradley Snyder
  • Post published:2026/08/31
  • Post category:Parent Conversations/FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

This month’s author, Bradley Snyder, doesn’t pull any punches. He wants you to talk to your kids about sex. As a parent, as the campus pastor at a WELS high…

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Our true inheritance

  • Post author:Greg Galler
  • Post published:2026/08/31
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God desires to give us, his children, everything—including eternal life in heaven with him. “It hurts to say this, but we’d like to write our daughter in Oregon out of…

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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: Zuber Shah

Confessions of faith: Zuber Shah

  • Post author:Alicia A. Neumann
  • Post published:2026/08/31
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A family finds solid assurance in God’s love, which gets them through life’s hardest trials. Growing up, Zuber Shah, now a member at Salem, Stillwater, Minn., says he often felt…

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Amazing angels

  • Post author:John Schuetze
  • Post published:2026/08/31
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Angels are the frosting on the cake, the grace upon grace that Jesus gives us by using them to assist with his work. Why did God create the angels? Angels…

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