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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 A thought: Mary

A thought: Mary

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

Mary was a special woman, chosen for an exceptional part in God’s plan. But Matthew does not characterize her as anyone special. He just says that the mother of Jesus,…

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Read more about the article Away in a feed trough

Away in a feed trough

  • Post author:Thomas D. Kock
  • Post published:2021/11/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Jesus lived a real human life, subject to all the realities of the times in which he lived. Somehow “Away in a feed trough, no crib for a bed” doesn’t…

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Read more about the article Jesus fills us up

Jesus fills us up

  • Post author:Jeremy Cares
  • Post published:2021/10/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

The only way to make empty hearts full is to fill them with Jesus. Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that…

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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/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

“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 Jesus is the key

Jesus is the key

  • Post author:Justin C. Cloute
  • Post published:2021/08/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

The world might question God’s Word, but Jesus is the reason for our confidence in the Bible. Have you ever gone back to a familiar place, a place you have been…

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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 Q&A: Why does it seem like Christianity is so negative?

Q&A: Why does it seem like Christianity is so negative?

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2021/04/28
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Whenever I go to church, it seems like the pastor is always talking about sin, Satan, and hell. Why does it seem like Christianity is so negative? The Christian is…

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Read more about the article Planting seeds

Planting seeds

  • Post author:Don Patterson
  • Post published:2021/03/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Confessing your faith, even at difficult times, plants the seed of the gospel. A local high school senior asked if I would come to her interfaith club’s evening event to…

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