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Read more about the article Q&A: Can a person come back to faith after falling away?

Q&A: Can a person come back to faith after falling away?

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2024/07/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Can a person come back to faith after falling away? Hebrews 6:4-6 seems to indicate that this is not the case. Let's start by looking at what Hebrews 6:4-6 says:…

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Our divine flag man

  • Post author:Daniel Habben
  • Post published:2024/02/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

This Palm Sunday, we can cheer with the crowds as we see Jesus riding into Jerusalem to bear our burden of sin. He shows up at many community events on…

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Read more about the article What if it’s true . . . that God wants your broken heart

What if it’s true . . . that God wants your broken heart

  • Post author:Greg Lyon
  • Post published:2024/02/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

I had never thought about it this way until I heard him say it. “Imagine how smoothly our school year would go if our classrooms were filled with 25 Pharisees.”…

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Read more about the article Rest on the Rock

Rest on the Rock

  • Post author:Nathan Nass
  • Post published:2023/06/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

There once was a lumberjack who went out to cut down some trees in the forest. As he was about to chop down his first tree, he noticed a bird…

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Read more about the article Psalm 103: When you count your blessings

Psalm 103: When you count your blessings

  • Post author:Richard E. Lauersdorf
  • Post published:2023/05/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Ever wonder what life would be like without the Lord? If sins kept piling up on our shoulders? If life’s problems were pushing our faces into the dirt? If death…

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Read more about the article Psalm 4: When you draw nearer to the end

Psalm 4: When you draw nearer to the end

  • Post author:Richard E. Lauersdorf
  • Post published:2023/03/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Times were tough for King David. His son Absalom had started a civil war, trying to wrest the kingdom from his father. The rebel forces had even forced David to…

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Read more about the article Trained for war

Trained for war

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

When our sons and daughters first put on the uniform of the US Armed Forces, we may have many questions about what lies ahead for them. But of one thing…

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Read more about the article At the King’s table

At the King’s table

  • Post author:John Holtz
  • Post published:2022/10/24
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

By grace, God’s table has become yours, and it is abundant with blessings. BREAKING NEWS: You've been Mephibosheth-ed. Mephibo . . . what? A Bible story will answer your question…

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Read more about the article King David and our future King: Article 6

King David and our future King: Article 6

  • Post author:Timothy J. Westendorf 
  • Post published:2022/05/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

David’s concern was building a house for the Lord, but the Lord’s plan was to build a house for David. David was the rightful and ruling king of Israel. The…

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