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Read more about the article “My life”: Part 1

“My life”: Part 1

  • Post author:Joel Petermann
  • Post published:2023/02/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Jesus laid down his life so that life comes to us. “Mine!” cries the two-year-old to his one-year-old sister who has unknowingly laid hands on a favorite toy. “It’s my…

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Read more about the article You are forgiven

You are forgiven

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2023/01/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

A woman distraught over her sins finds Jesus’ love and forgiveness at the cross. She sits across from me. Hunched over. Shoulders slumped. Hands covering her face. Sobs convulsing her.…

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Read more about the article It’s time to forget

It’s time to forget

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2022/05/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

God doesn’t remember any of our failures. Neither should we. I rest my hand lightly on my wife’s because it hurts her too much when I hold it. From her…

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Now what?

  • Post author:Stephen G. Helwig
  • Post published:2022/05/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

“All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of…

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Read more about the article Do you mind if I come in?

Do you mind if I come in?

  • Post author:Stephen G. Helwig
  • Post published:2022/04/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

“While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ . . . Then he opened their minds so they…

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Read more about the article A new chapter in Russia

A new chapter in Russia

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/04/29
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you” (John 14:27). In his final message to leaders and members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Concord, WELS’ sister church body…

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Read more about the article The upper room

The upper room

  • Post author:Jonathan Bourman
  • Post published:2022/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

A congregation uses art to experience anew Jesus’ appearance to his disciples. In 2018, Peace, Aiken, S.C., commissioned three pieces from WELS artist Jason Jaspersen for its church, including “Upper…

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Read more about the article Experiencing the gospel through art

Experiencing the gospel through art

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/03/28
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

You wouldn’t call the artwork that adorns the walls at Peace, Aiken, S.C., “traditional.” But the church building isn’t traditional either. When members at Peace were looking for a location,…

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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: Shawn Jacobs

Confessions of faith: Shawn Jacobs

  • Post author:Gabriella Blauert
  • Post published:2022/01/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

A man who struggled to understand a God of grace finally finds peace through the gospel. Ryan Wolfe, pastor at Redeemer, Mandan, N.D., looked at his cell phone on the…

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