prayer

A thought: Our Father

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2020/09/28
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

“Our Father in heaven.” So Jesus taught us his prayer. It’s actually our prayer. It begins, “Our Father.” Yet we say it so often it might have become only words…

My Christian life: A teacher retires full of memories

Post author:Ann M. Ponath
Post published:2020/08/31
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

A teacher retires full of memories—including monarch butterflies, baby chicks, and Jesus—after 43 years Do you have a favorite teacher? One who really understood or motivated you? One who made…

Now I lay me down to sleep

Post author:Harold Hoeppner
Post published:2020/08/31
Post category:00unavailable / FIC Features / Forward in Christ

One veteran Christian adds the certainty of heaven to a familiar prayer. Many of us have tucked our children to bed with the words of a familiar prayer: Now I…

My Christian life: On the front lines of a pandemic

Post author:Alicia A. Neumann
Post published:2020/07/28
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

A husband and wife’s passion for serving leads them to the front lines of a pandemic. It was a quiet Saturday afternoon in May. Jon and Paige Fricke were sitting…

Campus cornerstone: Fighting the loneliness epidemic

Post author:Luke Thompson
Post published:2020/05/31
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

How are you doing in the midst of this epidemic? I’m not talking about the COVID-19 epidemic, but another one which has been around much longer. It doesn’t claim as…

Book nook: In God’s Orchard

Post author:Melissa Brander
Post published:2020/05/26
Post category:FIC News / Forward in Christ

In God’s Orchard: Cultivating the Fruit of a Spirit-Filled Life may not be the first Bible study ever written about the fruits of the Spirit, but it has a lot…

My Christian life: Dealing with mental illness

Post author:Christa Holland
Post published:2020/04/30
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

Seeing God’s grace through the struggle of mental illness. I struggle mightily with my mental health. To most people I look healthy; I am a vegetarian who runs about 40…

Encouraging and supporting future called workers

Post author:Ann M. Ponath
Post published:2020/03/31
Post category:FIC News / Forward in Christ

By definition, an auxiliary is a group that provides supplementary help or support. Since 1960 and 1973, the Martin Luther College (MLC) Ladies’ Auxiliary and the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (WLS)…

My Christian life: Battling cancer as a teenager

Post author:Gabriella Blauert
Post published:2020/03/31
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

A pastor reflects on his battle with cancer as a teenager and how his experiences helped shape him and his ministry. Growing up, Paul Jansen fondly remembers a great home…

Book nook: 5-minute Bible Studies for Teens

Post author:Megan Himm
Post published:2020/02/25
Post category:FIC News / Forward in Christ

Bible studies for teens Clark Schultz’s 5-Minute Bible Studies for Teens is a great devotion book for modern teenagers. The short devotions are meaningful, yet they do not take up…

Campus cornerstone: 4 ways to keep your faith strong

Post author:Hannah White
Post published:2020/01/30
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

How to stay close to Jesus when college life threatens to pull you away. Hannah White Where is Jesus in your life? It’s a good question for every Christian and…

A gospel-filled life: Part 10

Post author:Jeffrey D. Enderle
Post published:2019/11/01
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

Putting it all together Jeffrey D. Enderle Getting there. That’s the tricky part. Sitting in your aunt’s cozy home with delicious smells wafting past the expanded table, that’s the good…

A gospel-filled life: Part 5

Post author:Jeffrey D. Enderle
Post published:2019/06/01
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

Pray to know God better Jeffrey D. Enderle Someone was bound to invent an easy button. One office supply company has already used an “easy button” to advertise solutions to office headaches. But we…

A gospel-filled life: Part 3

Post author:Jeffrey D. Enderle
Post published:2019/04/01
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

Revelation vs. speculation Getting and staying healthy is a major concern for millions of people. In recent years you may have heard a confusing array of advice on how to achieve…

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