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Read more about the article When tragedy strikes a community

When tragedy strikes a community

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/01/26
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

Tragedy struck Waukesha, Wis., on Nov. 21, 2021, when a man drove his SUV through the city’s annual holiday parade, killing six and injuring dozens more. The events of that…

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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: Roy Mendoza and Paul Moronczyk

Confessions of faith: Roy Mendoza and Paul Moronczyk

  • Post author:Ryan Kolander
  • Post published:2021/12/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

A murderer and a troublemaker discover a persistent Savior. Two men. Two backgrounds. One a former murderer, the other a former troublemaker. Little did they know that one day the…

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Read more about the article What makes Christmas Christmas?

What makes Christmas Christmas?

  • Post author:Melissa Anne Kreuser
  • Post published:2021/11/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Christmas isn’t about what we do. It’s about Christ coming to earth to do what we were unable to do. I have a secret. And it’s about Christmas. It might…

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Read more about the article Q&A: Is our time of grace really unchangeable?

Q&A: Is our time of grace really unchangeable?

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

Our “time of grace” refers to the time we are alive to come to know Jesus. Is that fixed date really unchangeable? Or do our actions impact it? The answer…

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Read more about the article Having all the facts

Having all the facts

  • Post author:Andrew Schroer
  • Post published:2021/11/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Well, it happened again. Almost immediately after 24-year-old gymnast Simone Biles walked away from the team competition at the Olympics in Tokyo, the talking heads began chirping. Some praised the…

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Parent conversations: How can parents maintain a healthy marriage?

  • Post author:Jenni Schubring, Clark Schultz, Nicole Balza
  • Post published:2021/10/26
  • Post category:Parent Conversations/FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Maintaining a healthy marriage requires work for any couple, but when you add kids into the mix, it can get more challenging because your time is divided into even more…

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Read more about the article Bible study: Precious grace

Bible study: Precious grace

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

The German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote about “cheap grace.” By cheap grace, he meant that too many preach forgiveness without repentance and grace without the cross. In other words, people…

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Read more about the article Q&A: I know that we are saved by grace apart from works, but how can it be that easy?

Q&A: I know that we are saved by grace apart from works, but how can it be that easy?

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2021/10/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

I know that we are saved by grace apart from works, but that seems too easy. How can that be how it works? What is grace? Grace is God’s undeserved…

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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: Souksamay Phetsanghane

Confessions of faith: Souksamay Phetsanghane

  • Post author:Souksamay Phetsanghane
  • Post published:2021/09/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

God’s arm is not too short to save. He can reach around the world to rescue sinners and make them part of his people. Imagine someone born into a Buddhist…

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