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Read more about the article The old has gone, the new is here!

The old has gone, the new is here!

  • Post author:Peter Prange
  • Post published:2021/12/27
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“[Christ] died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. So from now on we…

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Read more about the article Believe the Christmas miracles

Believe the Christmas miracles

  • Post author:Michael Woldt
  • Post published:2021/12/14
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“ 'Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give…

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Read more about the article He’s coming—really!

He’s coming—really!

  • Post author:Peter Prange
  • Post published:2021/11/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“He who testifies to these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming soon.’ Amen. Come, Lord Jesus” (Revelation 22:20). Weather radar is amazing. I have a weather app on my cell…

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Read more about the article Power over death

Power over death

  • Post author:Peter Prange
  • Post published:2021/10/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it” (John 5:21). The United States…

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Read more about the article Deliver us from evil

Deliver us from evil

  • Post author:Peter Prange
  • Post published:2021/09/10
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“In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). The question my wife’s grandfather asked me was completely sincere and has been asked or at…

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Read more about the article Overwhelmed but not overcome

Overwhelmed but not overcome

  • Post author:Daniel Habben
  • Post published:2021/08/28
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“Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: ‘I will sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into…

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Read more about the article Money talks!

Money talks!

  • Post author:Daniel Habben
  • Post published:2021/07/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“Watch out and be on guard against all greed, because a man’s life is not measured by how many possessions he has” (Luke 12:15). It’s a common movie scene: An…

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Read more about the article Freedom’s value is in its use

Freedom’s value is in its use

  • Post author:Joel Seifert
  • Post published:2021/06/29
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“You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love” (Galatians 5:13). As Americans, we understand well…

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Read more about the article Joyful repentance

Joyful repentance

  • Post author:Peter Prange
  • Post published:2021/01/30
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“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their…

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