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		<title>Christian Idolatry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is an email going around the Christian Forwarders Network (I just made that up) which relates &#34;a true story and the author, Rick Mathes, is a well-known leader in prison ministry.&#34; In a conversation with a Muslim imam, Mathes asked, &#34;Let me ask you a question: Would you rather have your Allah, who tells [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Just,&#8221; Not &#8220;Jesus&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Just," not "Jesus," is the most often used word in most Christian prayers.

    * We just want to praise You.
    * We just thank you for...
    * Just make this time together...
    * Just bless our worship...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lanelester.com/23/just-not-jesus/</link>
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		<title>Pro-Life? What Age Are We Talking About?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most Christians, and many other theists (God-believers), consider abortions to be  the murder of babies. And perhaps as many (or more) are opposed to the euthanasia of the elderly as murder of those at the other end of the age spectrum. These believers would consider themselves firmly in the &#34;pro-life&#34; camp. Almost everyone is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lanelester.com/13/pro-life-what-age-are-we-talking-about/</link>
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		<title>Have You Been Dumped By God?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever come to a point in your life where you wonder if God cares what you spend your time doing? I don&#8217;t mean good vs. evil behavior; I&#8217;m talking about what work you do, your job, your calling, your ministry.  Can there come a time when God has no more plans for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lanelester.com/7/have-you-been-dumped-by-god/</link>
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		<title>God&#8217;s Nonintervention Policy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christians ask God for all kinds of things, and as Scripture tells us, if you don&#8217;t ask, you won&#8217;t receive. It would be nice to believe that God wants us to always be healthy, wealthy, and happy, but the evidence is that such things are not high on His list of priorities.
We see Christians suffering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lanelester.com/5/gods-nonintervention-policy/</link>
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		<title>Whom Does God Love?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 ESV
Does God love everyone? Many Christians would say He loves only those whom He chooses to love&#8230; and He doesn&#8217;t choose to love everyone (limited atonement). Furthermore, those whom [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lanelester.com/4/whom-does-god-love/</link>
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		<title>Why this Blog?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had the idea for this blog a while back, but I never did anything with it. Then I discovered that a quick way to introduce myself to people was to suggest that they do a Google search for &#34;lane lester&#34;. (Yes, I know that since I&#8217;m in the U.S., the period belongs before the [...]]]></description>
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