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Read more about the article Book nook: “Who Do You Say I Am?”

Book nook: “Who Do You Say I Am?”

  • Post author:Melissa Brander
  • Post published:2025/04/29
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

“Who Do You Say I Am?” Answers Right from Jesus by John A. Braun is a new devotional focusing on the last year Jesus spent on this earth. As Braun…

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Read more about the article What to know before you go

What to know before you go

  • Post author:James F. Pope
  • Post published:2022/12/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

If you read issues of Forward in Christ like a Hebrew Bible—from back to front—the title of this column will not make much sense. On the other hand, if you…

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Read more about the article We have love

We have love

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2022/11/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“Now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love” (1 Corinthians 13:13). Love is the greatest of our many blessings. But how? We might…

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We have hope

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2022/10/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“Now these three remain: faith, hope and love” (1 Corinthians 13:13). Hope builds dreams on faith in a future. When our eyes opened to catch the first light of our…

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Read more about the article Sharing the same faith

Sharing the same faith

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2022/09/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Four leaders comment on faith and fellowship as we celebrate the unity that has endured for 150 years between the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. “You…

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Read more about the article We have faith

We have faith

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2022/09/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“Now these three remain: faith, hope and love” (1 Corinthians 13:13). He hugged his son and said, “I have faith in you.” And he did. With an important game ahead,…

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I come

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2022/08/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

The church door is open. My wife and I walk inside, take our bulletins, and find a seat. We usually sit in the same general spot. We haven’t varied the…

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Read more about the article Children in need of teachers

Children in need of teachers

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2022/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Many congregations have been busy finding workers to teach the Savior’s lambs. “We have 45 children who need teachers when school starts.” St. John Lutheran Church and School, Watertown, Wis.,…

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Read more about the article Love one another

Love one another

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2022/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

It should be easy to write about love. But perhaps it’s easier these days to write about personal rights and spew outrage and anger at all who disagree. We understand…

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