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Read more about the article All you need to remember

All you need to remember

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2023/07/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

When thinking about entering heaven, you don’t need passwords. You only need Jesus. Sweat beads up on my forehead and trickles down my cheeks. My breaths grow shallow, more rapid.…

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You are forgiven

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2023/01/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

A woman distraught over her sins finds Jesus’ love and forgiveness at the cross. She sits across from me. Hunched over. Shoulders slumped. Hands covering her face. Sobs convulsing her.…

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Read more about the article Favorite Christmas hymns

Favorite Christmas hymns

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/11/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Singing and listening to Christmas carols throughout the month of December is a highlight for many Lutherans. We asked you, our readers, to tell us your favorite carols as well…

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Read more about the article Different, not done

Different, not done

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2022/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

A pastor’s retirement means his life of service will be different, but it won’t be done. I reached up to the top bookshelf and pulled down volume 11 of The…

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Read more about the article No hidden fees

No hidden fees

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2022/01/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

When it comes to God’s gracious gift of eternal life, there are no hidden fees. When you live two miles beyond the end of the earth in Houghton, Michigan, you…

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Read more about the article Now thank we all our God!

Now thank we all our God!

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2021/10/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

In 1617 Martin Rinkart, a Lutheran pastor, returned to his hometown of Eilenburg, Saxony, to serve as archdeacon—just as the Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648) was about to begin. Since Eilenburg…

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Step forward in faith!

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2021/04/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Your heart is pounding and your stomach is attempting back flips in those tense moments before the ceremony begins. Gowns are donned, and caps are straightened. Then you march into…

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Unprecedented

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2020/11/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

“COVID-19 pandemic, an ‘unprecedented wake-up call’ for all inhabitants of Mother Earth.” “Unprecedented damage by COVID-19 requires an unprecedented policy response.” “Unprecedented!” The word screams at me from the headlines…

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COVID casualties

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2020/08/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

More than four million infected and 148,866 deaths. Those are the coronavirus statistics shared by the US Centers for Disease Control at the end of July. Meanwhile, the World Health…

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