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Read more about the article Please explain: What can I do when my relationship with Jesus causes family problems?

Please explain: What can I do when my relationship with Jesus causes family problems?

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

What can I do when my relationship with Jesus causes family problems? I had just finished a brief devotion and prayer at my uncle and aunt’s 50th wedding anniversary celebration.…

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Read more about the article Please explain: What good can possibly come from the persecution of Christians?

Please explain: What good can possibly come from the persecution of Christians?

  • Post author:Robert Siirila
  • Post published:2023/05/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

What good can possibly come from the persecution of Christians? “Christian church burnt down and its pastor locked up!” That kind of headline easily catches our eye. Persecution, however, has…

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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/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

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 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: What do people mean when they say that they have been “born again”?

Please explain: What do people mean when they say that they have been “born again”?

  • Post author:John Vieths
  • Post published:2023/02/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

What do people mean when they say that they have been "born again"? A former Lutheran I met in a nursing home became confused as a young woman when Pentecostal…

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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/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

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 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 Please explain: Can Christians be so heavenly minded that they are of no earthly good?

Please explain: Can Christians be so heavenly minded that they are of no earthly good?

  • Post author:Justin C. Cloute
  • Post published:2022/11/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Can Christians be so heavenly minded that they are of no earthly good? In his song “No Earthly Good,” Johnny Cash croons a warning in his signature baritone marked by…

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Read more about the article Please explain: The world is a mess. Why doesn’t Jesus do something about it?

Please explain: The world is a mess. Why doesn’t Jesus do something about it?

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

The world is a mess. Why doesn't Jesus do something about it? It happened again. This time on May 24, 2022, in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Twenty-one shot…

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