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Read more about the article Advent devotion: Joy

Advent devotion: Joy

  • Post author:Johnold Strey
  • Post published:2023/11/20
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. The LORD has made his…

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Advent devotion: Love

  • Post author:Johnold Strey
  • Post published:2023/11/20
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

"This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that…

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Read more about the article Parent conversations: How do we help our kids move on from mistakes?

Parent conversations: How do we help our kids move on from mistakes?

  • Post author:Ann M. Ponath, Rob Guenther, Nicole Balza
  • Post published:2022/11/27
  • Post category:Parent Conversations/FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

We all know what it’s like to beat ourselves up after we make a mistake. We’ve also probably contributed to our kids doing the same thing. Rather than perpetuating that…

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Read more about the article Q&A: Can you explain Jesus’ words to the wailing women he met on his way to be crucified?

Q&A: Can you explain Jesus’ words to the wailing women he met on his way to be crucified?

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2022/02/24
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Jesus had just handed the crossbeam to Simon of Cyrene who would carry it the rest of the way to the site of crucifixion. Noticing the women who were wailing…

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Read more about the article In living color

In living color

  • Post author:John Schuetze
  • Post published:2022/01/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

All of us are children of God through Jesus, yet too often we fail to understand what that means. I can still remember when my family got our first color…

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Read more about the article Jesus changes us

Jesus changes us

  • Post author:Nathan Nass
  • Post published:2021/12/23
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

I stumbled upon an article recently about a man who angrily left one of our WELS churches. It broke my heart to read it. The article talked at length about…

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Read more about the article Please explain: How can I be a Christian when there are so many hypocrites in the church?

Please explain: How can I be a Christian when there are so many hypocrites in the church?

  • Post author:Caleb Bassett
  • Post published:2020/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Jesus described the kingdom of God like a field in which weeds grow together with the wheat. The suggestion to pull up the weeds would also mean to uproot the wheat. So…

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President’s message: A lesson to be learned

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2020/05/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

As I write this in April, our world is in the midst of what most would agree is an unprecedented crisis. The COVID-19 virus has had serious effects on almost…

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Read more about the article Please explain: Whom do we blame for bad things?

Please explain: Whom do we blame for bad things?

  • Post author:Jeffrey Samelson
  • Post published:2020/02/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Whom do we blame for bad things? Jeffrey L. Samelson It’s a question the disciples asked Jesus, and it’s not an unusual one: “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his…

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