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Read more about the article Alone time

Alone time

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2024/09/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

No matter how much of a social animal you are, no matter how much you love to spend time with friends and family, everyone needs some alone time once in…

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Read more about the article Growing in grace and knowledge

Growing in grace and knowledge

  • Post author:James F. Pope
  • Post published:2024/09/30
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True or false? On Oct. 30, 1517, Martin Luther went to sleep with the overall faith of a Roman Catholic and woke up on Oct. 31, 1517, with the overall…

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Read more about the article A change of heart

A change of heart

  • Post author:Snowden Gene Sims
  • Post published:2024/09/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Every day in a believer’s life is to be a reformation—a day for repentance. I did a search on the word reform in the Bible. I was surprised that four…

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Read more about the article Johannes Bugenhagen: Lessons from Luther’s pastor

Johannes Bugenhagen: Lessons from Luther’s pastor

  • Post author:Timothy Grundmeier
  • Post published:2023/09/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

This leader in the 16th-century Lutheran Reformation has much to teach us today. The celebrations that began on Oct. 31, 2017, seem to be fading. That date marked five centuries…

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Read more about the article Q&A: Do parts of the Bible teach works righteousness?

Q&A: Do parts of the Bible teach works righteousness?

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2023/09/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

The Reformation cry is grace alone, but don’t some Bible passages seem to say that Jesus will look at our good works instead? When Jesus comes again on the Last…

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Read more about the article Fall in love with God’s Word

Fall in love with God’s Word

  • Post author:Nathan Nass
  • Post published:2022/09/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

As Lutherans we value Scripture, but how much time do we really spend reading it? The phone rang in my office. The voice said, “I’m looking for a Lutheran church.”…

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Read more about the article For matchless grace

For matchless grace

  • Post author:Paul E. Zell
  • Post published:2022/09/30
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Nothing else we experience can compare to the grace of God the Father. Hey, Dad. You know that convenience store that makes those incredible milkshakes? The other evening my car’s…

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Read more about the article Please explain: Why is Holy Communion so important to confessional Lutherans?

Please explain: Why is Holy Communion so important to confessional Lutherans?

  • Post author:Joel Otto
  • Post published:2022/09/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Why is Holy Communion so important to confessional Lutherans? Since the Reformation, no teaching has caused more division than the teaching of the Lord’s Supper. Today, it continues to separate…

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Read more about the article Q&A: Is Christianity the only religion that gives the certainty of heaven?

Q&A: Is Christianity the only religion that gives the certainty of heaven?

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2022/05/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Is Christianity the only religion that gives the certainty of heaven? I want to understand so I can better share the gospel with others. The parable of the blind men…

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