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Read more about the article With clear eyes

With clear eyes

  • Post author:Katherine Martin
  • Post published:2022/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

The account of Jesus’ appearance to Mary Magdalene sharpens our focus on exactly who Jesus is. In the morning, nearsighted people fumble on the bedside table for their glasses. They…

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Read more about the article Hope on our journey

Hope on our journey

  • Post author:Aaron Goetzinger
  • Post published:2022/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

We sometimes are slow to believe the Scriptures, where we find rock-solid truth. While a group of Jesus’ disciples stayed in Jerusalem, two were headed home, or at the very…

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Read more about the article King David and our future King: Article 4

King David and our future King: Article 4

  • Post author:Timothy J. Westendorf 
  • Post published:2022/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

The result of David and Jesus’ missions to save the captives was the same—complete victory. David, the Lord’s anointed king-elect, lived for a time in a way unfit for a…

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Read more about the article Please explain: What’s the big deal about Easter?

Please explain: What’s the big deal about Easter?

  • Post author:Daniel Leyrer
  • Post published:2022/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Easter is a big deal. Children develop special memories of Easter baskets and colored eggs and take those memories right into adulthood. People of faith gather for worship and fellowship…

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Read more about the article The upper room

The upper room

  • Post author:Jonathan Bourman
  • Post published:2022/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

A congregation uses art to experience anew Jesus’ appearance to his disciples. In 2018, Peace, Aiken, S.C., commissioned three pieces from WELS artist Jason Jaspersen for its church, including “Upper…

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Read more about the article Q&A: Why are the 40 days between Jesus’ resurrection and his ascension important for the disciples and for us?

Q&A: Why are the 40 days between Jesus’ resurrection and his ascension important for the disciples and for us?

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2022/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Jesus finished his work of paying for the sins of the whole world by dying on the cross. But how can we be sure our sins are paid for? On the…

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Read more about the article Facts over feelings

Facts over feelings

  • Post author:Jeffrey D. Enderle
  • Post published:2022/03/31
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“Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed” (John 20:8). Some things you know. Some things you really know. You feel…

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Read more about the article God’s cure—for everything

God’s cure—for everything

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2022/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

The word panacea comes from a Greek word meaning “all-healing.” The ancient Greeks worshiped the goddess of healing named Panacea, who was said to administer a medicine that was able…

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Read more about the article Live in Easter joy

Live in Easter joy

  • Post author:Timothy Redfield
  • Post published:2022/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

The hope and joy of Easter is for us as we live in this turbulent world of sorrow and pain. At some point, our lives will return to normal. That…

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