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		<title>They ask: What happened to you?</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2011/10/26/they-ask-what-happened-to-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What happened to me was that I realized I couldn&#8217;t make it without Jesus and his Cross. I needed to be in a living, personal relationship with Him. Christian Science didn&#8217;t offer me that, so I fled to where it was offered. So goes the simplest answer I can give today, or could ever have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering Carl Gans</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2011/08/09/remembering-carl-gans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The many friends of Carl Gans, co-founder of the Ananias Circle, mourn his sudden passing last week and extend our loving support to his family. My affection for Carl, and my gratitude to him as an elder brother in Christ, are beyond words. We became very close after meeting in 1998 and realizing how similar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After fourteen years</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2011/01/05/after-fourteen-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 03:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul writes of having spent fourteen years, after his conversion on the Damascus road, coming to know Jesus better and preparing for the fulness of his missionary work as related in the epistles and the Book of Acts (see Galatians 2:1). Recently in corresponding with Dave in Boston, a former Christian Scientist still half-convinced that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Captured by the Hound of Heaven</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2010/10/02/captured-by-the-hound-of-heaven/</link>
		<comments>http://ananias.org/2010/10/02/captured-by-the-hound-of-heaven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Andrews' Publications]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is another in our interview series. On this site in the past, Linda Kramer and Carl Gans have answered my questions about how they know God, why they left Christian Science, and what still connects them to those roots. This time I have interviewed myself, using the same seven questions as before. You can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Jesus pursues, none escape</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2010/08/06/when-jesus-pursues-none-escape/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Francis Thompson&#8217;s classic poem about Jesus in pursuit, &#8220;The Hound of Heaven,&#8221; came to mind yesterday after talking with Beth about her husband&#8217;s almost-there move from Christian Science to the Cross. Jesus&#8217; desire for us to know and love him is relentless and irresistible. He will have his way with us if it takes eternity. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Each of us must choose</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2010/08/01/each-of-us-must-choose/</link>
		<comments>http://ananias.org/2010/08/01/each-of-us-must-choose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Seekers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Beth, the wife of Dave, whose situation is described in the post just before this one, left a couple of phone messages for me in the hope of talking privately about his dawning faith in Christ, something she&#8217;s unable to do by email. Thanks for reaching out, Beth. We will connect one of these days. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It started with a Web search</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2010/04/24/it-started-with-a-web-search/</link>
		<comments>http://ananias.org/2010/04/24/it-started-with-a-web-search/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Meyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why did I always feel like something was missing? I am have been married for 17 years, have three incredible children, a dear husband who I adore and live a very full life. I have good friends, a nice home, enjoy my volunteer work and my job why the tiny nagging feeling? Why did I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unscriptural textbook</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2010/04/20/unscriptural-textbook/</link>
		<comments>http://ananias.org/2010/04/20/unscriptural-textbook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Ritchie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mrs. Eddy's Children]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor: Many of us within the Ananias circle, even if we’ve never met in person, feel a close kinship through the shared experience of finding Jesus, the pearl of great price. The brotherly bond between Jim Ritchie in Alabama and Phil Moser in Alabama is an example. Last year after Phil told his story here, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brother Jim Ritchie looks west</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2010/03/13/brother-jim-ritchie-looks-west/</link>
		<comments>http://ananias.org/2010/03/13/brother-jim-ritchie-looks-west/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[God knew what He was doing when two college guys worked the summer of 1962 at a Christian Science camp, then didn&#8217;t see each other again until 2010, each having found their way to the Cross in the years between. Jim Ritchie of Alabama (R) was reunited with John Andrews of Colorado this week, presenting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Christmas undid me</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2009/12/24/how-christmas-undid-me/</link>
		<comments>http://ananias.org/2009/12/24/how-christmas-undid-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas is beloved to me a season of new birth personally, as well as a celebration of Jesus&#8217; birth. Over the years as a young adult Christian Scientist, raising our kids, teaching Sunday school, active with Adventure Unlimited and Principia, I found it harder and harder - along with my wife Donna &#8211; to reconcile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pray for an open door</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2009/10/14/pray-for-an-open-door/</link>
		<comments>http://ananias.org/2009/10/14/pray-for-an-open-door/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apologetics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carl Gans of Santa Barbara, originator of the idea for this website, here concludes the interview he and I began back in May. &#8220;Pray that God would open a door of conversation,&#8221; he urges in reply to my final question regarding our intercession for loved ones who still follow Christian Science. Our exchange on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Immersed myself in Scripture’</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2009/07/08/%e2%80%98immersed-myself-in-scripture%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://ananias.org/2009/07/08/%e2%80%98immersed-myself-in-scripture%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carl Gans, my yokefellow in starting this website (see Philippians 4:3), has contributed the second part of his reply to a blog interview I began with him some weeks ago. Part One took up the questions from John Andrews, What is the faith you live by? and then, Why and how did you leave Christian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An interview with Carl Gans</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2009/05/02/an-interview-with-carl-gans/</link>
		<comments>http://ananias.org/2009/05/02/an-interview-with-carl-gans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 00:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carl Gans of Santa Barbara, California, is a husband, father, attorney, and one of the founders of this website. The Ananias letter on our home page, though cosigned by several of us, was his idea, and I have personally been strengthened a great deal as a follower of Jesus by Carl&#8217;s friendship over the past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t miss Easter&#8217;s real meaning</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2009/04/12/41/</link>
		<comments>http://ananias.org/2009/04/12/41/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Petteys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Church & Organizations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For me on this holy weekend, the contrast couldn&#8217;t be more stark between our Catholic parish&#8217;s moving Easter Vigil liturgy and what I remember of Easter as a Christian Scientist. Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh, suffered on the cross and rose from the dead to redeem us from sin and death. But in Christian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Faith of fathers&#8217; can mislead</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2009/03/30/faith-of-fathers-can-mislead/</link>
		<comments>http://ananias.org/2009/03/30/faith-of-fathers-can-mislead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are family reasons keeping you in Christian Science? Most of us feel a natural reverence for &#8220;the faith of our fathers.&#8221; But what is this really about? Although honoring our parents according to the Fifth Commandment is never optional, family loyalty is not a sufficient reason for accepting a particular belief about God. Whereas a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists &amp; Evangelicals: How different?</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2009/02/20/scientists-evangelicals-how-different/</link>
		<comments>http://ananias.org/2009/02/20/scientists-evangelicals-how-different/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What might Christian Scientists learn from evangelical Christians, especially as it relates to fostering church growth? Doesn&#8217;t Mrs. Eddy&#8217;s church manual suggest friendliness between her followers and evangelicals? These questions surfaced out of a CS luncheon group after some of them discovered they shared an appreciation of Joyce Meyer&#8217;s TV sermons. A participant in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On milk and meat</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2009/02/14/on-milk-and-meat/</link>
		<comments>http://ananias.org/2009/02/14/on-milk-and-meat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Darling</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Devotionals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though both could be either, we know milk as a liquid and meat as a solid. Solids in milk we intend to drink are usually a problem, but liquids in meat are fine: a nice, juicy steak. Both are consumed, and make gas, and result in physical growth, stoking our engine so we can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;With You Always&#8217; probes MBE hymns</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2009/02/02/with-you-always-probes-mbe-hymns/</link>
		<comments>http://ananias.org/2009/02/02/with-you-always-probes-mbe-hymns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted on this website, in addition to the Ananias welcome letter I co-authored with others, are a number of essays relating my decision for Jesus Christ and my break with Christian Science. Three small books I wrote while struggling to remain a follower of Mrs. Eddy may also be of interest to present or former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experiences &amp; Reasons Why</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2009/02/02/experiences-reasons-why/</link>
		<comments>http://ananias.org/2009/02/02/experiences-reasons-why/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Moser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am sharing this with you because I love all Christian Scientists. God has laid it upon my heart to put down in writing certain aspects of my life and my spiritual journey and my growth as a man and as a Christian. Editor: Those lines are from a friend&#8217;s moving testimony, which appears below [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Falsifying the Gospel</title>
		<link>http://ananias.org/2009/01/14/falsifying-the-gospel/</link>
		<comments>http://ananias.org/2009/01/14/falsifying-the-gospel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A leading theologian of the past century gave the following summary of the diluted and distorted salvation message proclaimed by liberal Protestantism. I find it sadly reminiscent of Mrs. Eddy&#8217;s teachings as well. It makes me all the more grateful to have been led to Christ&#8217;s wonderful cross and out of Christian Science. &#8220;A God [...]]]></description>
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