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Read more about the article The need for a bold confession

The need for a bold confession

  • Post author:Jeremiah J. Gumm
  • Post published:2023/05/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

“Everyone who confesses me before others, I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies me before others, I will also deny before my Father…

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Read more about the article Please explain: What is the Holy Spirit’s role in the life of a Christian?

Please explain: What is the Holy Spirit’s role in the life of a Christian?

  • Post author:Nathan Wordell
  • Post published:2023/04/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

What is the Holy Spirit's role in the life of a Christian? When Lutheran students learn about the role of the Holy Spirit in the life of a Christian, they…

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Read more about the article One little word

One little word

  • Post author:James F. Pope
  • Post published:2023/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

The title of this article can get you thinking about Martin Luther’s Reformation hymn “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” (Christian Worship 863/864). The third stanza ends with the observation…

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Read more about the article Preachers and listeners

Preachers and listeners

  • Post author:James F. Pope
  • Post published:2023/01/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Serving as a vacancy pastor recently put me behind a pulpit on a weekly basis. It had been quite a while since I prepared sermons with that degree of regularity.…

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Read more about the article Please explain: What does it mean that Christians are priests before God?

Please explain: What does it mean that Christians are priests before God?

  • Post author:Jared Natsis
  • Post published:2023/01/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

What does it mean that Christians are priests before God? The sign-up sheets for the neighborhood canvass were empty. The pastor went out of his way to recruit more door-knockers.…

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Read more about the article Q&A: When we pray, “Your kingdom come,” what are we praying for?

Q&A: When we pray, “Your kingdom come,” what are we praying for?

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2023/01/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

When we pray, "Your kingdom come," what are we praying for?  The word kingdom is short for “king’s dominion.” What does Jesus have dominion over? Everything! However, when we pray,…

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Read more about the article Savor the rain

Savor the rain

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2023/01/30
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Martin Luther was not only a student of the Scriptures but also a keen observer of history. He was well aware of how the Christian church spread and grew from…

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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
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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 Our Lord reigns

Our Lord reigns

  • Post author:Richard Gurgel
  • Post published:2022/10/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Even when all the world seems against him, our heavenly Father holds all history in loving hands. Aren’t you glad the worst of the pandemic is over? It wasn’t just…

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