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Read more about the article A Christmas favorite things list

A Christmas favorite things list

  • Post author:Joshua Sternhagen
  • Post published:2024/11/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

John the Baptist shares some of his favorite gifts to prepare us for Christ’s coming. Do you remember Oprah’s Favorite Things episodes when she would give gifts to members of…

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Read more about the article Advent devotion: Hope

Advent devotion: Hope

  • Post author:FIC, Johnold Strey
  • Post published:2023/11/20
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

"For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say 'No' to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and…

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Read more about the article Catechism truths from Matthew: The Ten Commandments

Catechism truths from Matthew: The Ten Commandments

  • Post author:James F. Borgwardt
  • Post published:2023/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

At the end of the 13th century, King Edward I of England invaded Scotland. The Scots yearned for a leader to restore their kingdom. They found one in William Wallace,…

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Read more about the article Catechism truths from Matthew: Apostles’ Creed

Catechism truths from Matthew: Apostles’ Creed

  • Post author:James F. Borgwardt
  • Post published:2023/06/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Imagine you are one of three thousand in Jerusalem at Pentecost who repent, are baptized, and are gathered by the Spirit into the Christian church—the messianic kingdom of Jesus. An…

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Read more about the article Please explain: What does it mean that Jesus’ enemies would become a footstool for his feet?

Please explain: What does it mean that Jesus’ enemies would become a footstool for his feet?

  • Post author:Noah Headrick
  • Post published:2023/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

What does it mean that Jesus’ enemies would become a footstool for his feet? If you asked a room of Christians what their favorite post-Easter picture of Jesus is, what…

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Read more about the article Please explain: If I have been baptized, does that mean I have been anointed?

Please explain: If I have been baptized, does that mean I have been anointed?

  • Post author:Wayne Laitinen
  • Post published:2022/12/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

If I have been baptized, does that mean I have been anointed? Answering our question means comparing Old Testament anointing with New Testament Baptism. Old Testament anointing The ritual of…

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Read more about the article Q&A: Is it wrong to have a cross with Jesus’ body on it?

Q&A: Is it wrong to have a cross with Jesus’ body on it?

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2021/12/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Since God forbade “graven images” in the Old Testament, is it wrong to have a cross with Jesus’ body on it? God commanded Israel, “You shall not make for yourself…

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Read more about the article Please explain: If the Sabbath law no longer applies, why do I have to go to church?

Please explain: If the Sabbath law no longer applies, why do I have to go to church?

  • Post author:Jared Natsis
  • Post published:2021/02/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“Really? You’re going to church again? Didn’t you just go last week? Don’t you know all that stuff already? Are you really going to learn anything new or different? Why…

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Read more about the article The story of us

The story of us

  • Post author:Mark Paustian
  • Post published:2020/12/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

The Christian church year is the story of what God has done for us. It is our story to repeat and remember. At the Passover table when generations of Jewish…

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