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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 Series/FIC Features/Forward in Christ

“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 Midweek Bible class functions as family

Midweek Bible class functions as family

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/02/25
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

“Let us not give up meeting together” (Hebrews 10:25 NIV84) is a directive that the Wednesday morning Bible class at Good Shepherd, West Bend, Wis., has taken to heart. Not…

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Read more about the article The book of James: Waiting for Christ’s return

The book of James: Waiting for Christ’s return

  • Post author:Richard E. Lauersdorf
  • Post published:2021/11/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Christ is coming! That was the Old Testament believers’ great hope. He did come to lowly crib and cross to save the world. Christ is coming! That is the New…

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Read more about the article The book of James: Active in using prayer

The book of James: Active in using prayer

  • Post author:Richard E. Lauersdorf
  • Post published:2021/10/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

From Jesus comes an example of how to pray. On the mountaintops and in the Garden of Gethsemane, he prayed for strength to do his Father’s will. From Jesus also…

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