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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/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

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/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

“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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Read more about the article We have hope

We have hope

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

“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/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

“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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Read more about the article I come

I come

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2022/08/31
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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
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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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Read more about the article Palmetto palms and wrens

Palmetto palms and wrens

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2022/06/30
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Last spring when the trees showed only a hint of green, we drove south to warm weather. When we arrived, the palmetto palms were green and gave cool shade from…

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