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Read more about the article Too many words

Too many words

  • Post author:Peter Prange
  • Post published:2022/07/16
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs” (Proverbs 10:11,12).…

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Read more about the article The old has gone, the new is here!

The old has gone, the new is here!

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

“[Christ] died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. So from now on we…

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Read more about the article He’s coming—really!

He’s coming—really!

  • Post author:Peter Prange
  • Post published:2021/11/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“He who testifies to these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming soon.’ Amen. Come, Lord Jesus” (Revelation 22:20). Weather radar is amazing. I have a weather app on my cell…

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Read more about the article Power over death

Power over death

  • Post author:Peter Prange
  • Post published:2021/10/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it” (John 5:21). The United States…

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Read more about the article Pick up the proper sword

Pick up the proper sword

  • Post author:Peter Prange
  • Post published:2021/03/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“ ‘Put your sword back in its place,’ Jesus said to him, ‘for all who draw the sword will die by the sword’ ” (Matthew 26:52). It was a natural…

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Read more about the article Joyful repentance

Joyful repentance

  • Post author:Peter Prange
  • Post published:2021/01/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their…

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Read more about the article Be like Jesus in forgiveness and love

Be like Jesus in forgiveness and love

  • Post author:Peter Prange
  • Post published:2020/06/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of…

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Read more about the article Be gentle like Jesus

Be gentle like Jesus

  • Post author:Peter Prange
  • Post published:2020/05/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

“A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out” (Isaiah 42:3). Jesus had every advantage over her. A faultless life. A supreme understanding…

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Read more about the article Jesus is for the birds

Jesus is for the birds

  • Post author:Peter Prange
  • Post published:2020/04/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

“Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young—a place near your altar, Lord Almighty, my King and my…

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