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Read more about the article Psalm 103: When you count your blessings

Psalm 103: When you count your blessings

  • Post author:Richard E. Lauersdorf
  • Post published:2023/05/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Ever wonder what life would be like without the Lord? If sins kept piling up on our shoulders? If life’s problems were pushing our faces into the dirt? If death…

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Read more about the article Psalm 91: When God lifts you up on his lap

Psalm 91: When God lifts you up on his lap

  • Post author:Richard E. Lauersdorf
  • Post published:2023/04/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Her little hand swatted my newspaper aside. “Grandpa, I talking to you,” she said. My granddaughter wanted to climb up on my lap and tell me something important. I was…

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Read more about the article Psalm 4: When you draw nearer to the end

Psalm 4: When you draw nearer to the end

  • Post author:Richard E. Lauersdorf
  • Post published:2023/03/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Times were tough for King David. His son Absalom had started a civil war, trying to wrest the kingdom from his father. The rebel forces had even forced David to…

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Read more about the article Psalm 42: When you ask, “Where is God when I’m hurting?”

Psalm 42: When you ask, “Where is God when I’m hurting?”

  • Post author:Richard E. Lauersdorf
  • Post published:2023/02/24
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Do you know any super Christians, believers whose faith never stumbles on the road of life? But what about when the washouts and rockslides occur? Then we find out just…

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Read more about the article Psalm 32: When you need forgiveness

Psalm 32: When you need forgiveness

  • Post author:Richard E. Lauersdorf
  • Post published:2023/01/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

What kind of sinner are you? Do you consider yourself mildly sinful, at least not as bad as others? Or do you realize how serious each sin is and what…

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Read more about the article Psalm 130: When rocks fall

Psalm 130: When rocks fall

  • Post author:Richard E. Lauersdorf
  • Post published:2022/12/21
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“DANGER! Falling Rocks!” the sign said. We were traveling down a secondary road alongside a steep cliff in the mountains of Colorado. What should we do? Turn the car engine…

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Read more about the article Psalms for the seasons of life: A preview

Psalms for the seasons of life: A preview

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/12/13
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

Next month Forward in Christ will start a new Bible reading series focused on the book of Psalms. Over six months we will read the book from start to finish.…

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Read more about the article Moments with missionaries: Joel Nitz

Moments with missionaries: Joel Nitz

  • Post author:Joel Nitz
  • Post published:2022/05/25
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

Strawberry fields forever in Vietnam “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” (Psalm 119:103). Despite COVID-19 restrictions and obstacles, our mission to the…

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Read more about the article A hymn for all ages

A hymn for all ages

  • Post author:Snowden Gene Sims
  • Post published:2021/06/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

It is not too often that a third-grade boy is impressed by a hymn as long and deep as “Behold a Host, Arrayed in White” (Christian Worship 550). My Lutheran…

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