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Read more about the article Free at last!

Free at last!

  • Post author:Stephen G. Helwig
  • Post published:2022/06/30
  • Post category:00spotlight-topslider/FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

“Jesus said, ‘If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free’ ” (John 8:31,32). Freedom. Independence. It’s…

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Read more about the article The Lord calls: Article 2

The Lord calls: Article 2

  • Post author:Earle D. Treptow
  • Post published:2022/05/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

The Lord guides his people to select public servants of the gospel. After 24 years of faithful service, Pastor Smithson decided to retire. The members of the congregation knew that…

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Read more about the article Parent conversations: How do parents not let worry get the best of them?

Parent conversations: How do parents not let worry get the best of them?

  • Post author:Jenni Schubring and James Aderman
  • Post published:2022/02/24
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ/Parent Conversations

When I was expecting my first child, I remember someone telling me that having a child means that your heart will forever go walking around outside your body. It turns…

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Read more about the article In living color

In living color

  • Post author:John Schuetze
  • Post published:2022/01/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

All of us are children of God through Jesus, yet too often we fail to understand what that means. I can still remember when my family got our first color…

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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
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

“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 Free to serve

Free to serve

  • Post author:Nathan Nass
  • Post published:2021/06/29
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Christians are free by the grace of God so they can love others. IT'S GREAT TO BE FREE! I’m not just talking about the freedoms we have here in the…

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Read more about the article Fear, fellowship, facts, and freedom

Fear, fellowship, facts, and freedom

  • Post author:Mary Clemons
  • Post published:2021/05/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Online worship is truly a blessing. So, is there a curse? As with most things, there can be. My first Sunday of in-person worship since our move back to Arizona…

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Read more about the article Devotion: Joyful repentance

Devotion: 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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Read more about the article Please explain: Does Christian freedom give me the right to do anything?

Please explain: Does Christian freedom give me the right to do anything?

  • Post author:Eric D. Schroeder
  • Post published:2020/12/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

For a prisoner walking out into the light after a long jail sentence, freedom can be overwhelming. He can go anywhere he wants, but he has nowhere to go: no…

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