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Read more about the article Please explain: What is the point of praying?

Please explain: What is the point of praying?

  • Post author:Benjamin Tomczak
  • Post published:2022/06/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

If God already knows what he is going to do for us and for others, what is the point of praying? Katie was worried about her husband’s business trip. She…

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Read more about the article What it means to be truly Lutheran: Vocation: Serving God and others

What it means to be truly Lutheran: Vocation: Serving God and others

  • Post author:Joel Otto
  • Post published:2021/10/13
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Monasticism received a lot of attention from Luther and his fellow reformers. They saw that the church promoted this “religious” way of life as the best way to improve a…

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Read more about the article What it means to be truly Lutheran: Faith-produced good works

What it means to be truly Lutheran: Faith-produced good works

  • Post author:Joel Otto
  • Post published:2021/10/13
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

One of the sharpest criticisms of Lutheran theology revolves around the subject of good works. The argument is directed against the teaching that a person is saved by grace alone…

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Read more about the article What it means to be truly Lutheran: Lord’s Supper

What it means to be truly Lutheran: Lord’s Supper

  • Post author:Joel Otto
  • Post published:2021/10/13
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Teachings about the Lord’s Supper separate most of the various branches of Christianity. When true Lutherans accept this teaching of the Scriptures, they stand apart from other Christians. Roman Catholicism…

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Read more about the article What it means to be truly Lutheran: Baptism

What it means to be truly Lutheran: Baptism

  • Post author:Joel Otto
  • Post published:2021/10/13
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Most American Protestant Christians have views of Baptism different from Lutherans. Some see Baptism as little more than a dedication ceremony where the parents are promising to raise their child…

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Read more about the article What it means to be truly Lutheran: The means of grace

What it means to be truly Lutheran: The means of grace

  • Post author:Joel Otto
  • Post published:2021/10/13
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

As Martin Luther carried out his reformation, there were other reform movements at work throughout Europe (Anabaptists, Zwinglians, Calvinists). He was often critical of these other movement. He opposed them…

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