You know, Brad. You gotta watch it now. I told you that I always have to
have the last word, and I do. so, the last word for you is.........
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad D" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: phill and sandys anniversary!
> Anytime someone is older than me, such as certain Floridians? Sure. If I'm
> the elder, no we shouldn't. So Lyn... let's talk a while hahaha.
>
> Brad
>
>
>
> At 09:49 AM 1/2/2008, you wrote:
>>I don't think we should talk about age, should we now Brad?
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad D" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 9:21 PM
>>Subject: Re: phill and sandys anniversary!
>>
>>
>>>Jen,
>>>
>>>Well? See/ I done proved my "over 40ness" Yes you are right Nov 5 is the
>>>day :). I'll blame my misunderstanding on the little Ja Ja Ja Ja Ja
>>>Jaws guy :)
>>>
>>>Brad
>>>
>>>
>>>At 08:14 PM 1/1/2008, you wrote:
>>>>brad, i thought your birthday was nov 5, the same as jeremy and my
>>>>anniversary... that's what i meant.
>>>>
>>>>Jenifer Gilley
>>>>Christ came that we may have life everlasting!
>>>> Email:
>>>>[log in to unmask]
>>>>msn-no email please:
>>>>[log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
>>>>Behalf Of Brad D
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 9:05 PM
>>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>Subject: Re: phill and sandys anniversary!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Jen,
>>>>
>>>>Well now Jen, from that comment I would tend to think that you are over
>>>>40
>>>>yourself , you know, the memory thing. but, I know you aren't that, uh,
>>>>aged, :). My birthday is in November :). But I do have an anniversary a
>>>>few
>>>>days after your B-Day :).
>>>>
>>>>Brad
>>>>
>>>>At 07:41 PM 1/1/2008, you wrote:
>>>> >lol brad. thanks for the early b day wishes. and if i recall, your
>>>> >birthday is jeremy's and mine anniversary! lol!
>>>> >
>>>> >Jenifer Gilley
>>>> >Christ came that we may have life everlasting!
>>>> > Email:
>>>> >[log in to unmask]
>>>> >msn-no email please:
>>>> >[log in to unmask]
>>>> >
>>>> >-----Original Message-----
>>>> >From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
>>>> >Behalf Of Brad D
>>>> >Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 8:34 PM
>>>> >To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> >Subject: Re: phill and sandys anniversary!
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >Happy birthday Jen and happy anniversary to Phil and Sandy. A few days
>>>> >early but Jen, when you're over fourty ya got to act on things when
>>>> it >is
>>>> >in the mind :). Notice I didn't include Phil and Sandy to that note,
>>>> > >they
>>>> >already know :).
>>>> >
>>>> >Brad
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >At 07:22 PM 1/1/2008, you wrote:
>>>> > >Hey phil!
>>>> > >
>>>> > >You and sandy got married on my birthday! How cool is that! Or, i
>>>>should
>>>> > >say, i was born on your anniversary! lol!
>>>> > >
>>>> > >Jenifer Gilley
>>>> > >Christ came that we may have life everlasting!
>>>> > > Email:
>>>> > >[log in to unmask]
>>>> > >msn-no email please:
>>>> > >[log in to unmask]
>>>> > >
>>>> > >-----Original Message-----
>>>> > >From: The Electronic Church
>>>> > >[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
>>>> > >Behalf Of Phil Scovell
>>>> > >Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 4:29 PM
>>>> > >To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> > >Subject: Give Me, Give Me
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
>>>> > >Although Sandy and I have almost been married for 37 years, well,
>>>> > >as of January the eighth of next month that is, I have just about
>>>> > >had it up to here with e harmony dot com advertisements. The
>>>> > >other day, while watching something on a satellite channel,
>>>> > >another one of their commercials came on. As I listened, I asked
>>>> > >myself, why don't they run a bunch of commercials of people who
>>>> > >got married, then divorced, or people who got together through
>>>> > >their online services, and then split up. Don't they know, or
>>>> > >don't we know, that it is often the case that opposites match and
>>>> > >not those who are 29 dimensions of compatibility? I mean, how
>>>> > >many years have these e harmony commercials been running? Three
>>>> > >maybe? Four? By the way, I have done a little research and
>>>> > >talked with singles who have logged on to e harmony looking for
>>>> > >someone compatible. One guy I pray with found a lady locally,
>>>> > >they dated a few times, and broke up. Another lady I pray with
>>>> > >from Indiana said some of the questions she had to fill out would
>>>> > >have classified her as a nut so she gave up and never did answer
>>>> > >all the question. Another lady in Arizona, who was living with a
>>>> > >man who was deeply into online and print pornography and weirded
>>>> > >out on dumb video games as a grown man, broke up with him because
>>>> > >she realized Jesus should be more important to her than what this
>>>> > >guy was doing for her, and to her, and guess what? He isn't even
>>>> > >a Christian, well, he says he got born again in high school, and a
>>>> > >chicken has lips, too, and he joined e harmony and is now dating a
>>>> > >gal locally. I wonder if e harmony has a question that asked,
>>>> > >"Are you addicted to pornography and video games?" Somehow, I
>>>> > >doubt it and besides, if a man was so addicted, do you honestly
>>>> > >think he'd admit to it when filling out the 29 dimensions of
>>>> > >compatibility report? I wouldn't, that's for sure, and I'm not
>>>> > >even addicted, to porno that is. Anyhow, I just wonder about such
>>>> > >things like this when watching some of these mega ministry shows,
>>>> > >and I used the correct word, shows, on TV who read all these
>>>> > >glowing reports of people who sent in their last 50 dollars and
>>>> > >got 5,000 dollars in return within 24 hours. I think, "Why don't
>>>> > >they read the letters of people who went bust after sending in
>>>> > >their last 50 dollars or who have written back and said, I want my
>>>> > >money back because you didn't make it work?" I know, I think
>>>> > >backwards about such things but maybe we should think about the
>>>> > >other aspects of such things, especially since e harmony is
>>>> > >supposed to be run by a Christian guy in the first place.
>>>> > >Wouldn't you think churches should be putting people together
>>>> > >instead of a freaking website making millions of dollars in the
>>>> > >first place or what? I was listening to a Christian network TV
>>>> > >show, there's that word again, the other day and the man and
>>>> > >woman, I didn't recognize who they were, were talking about how to
>>>> > >be blessed financially. Their suggestion, no, their divine
>>>> > >revelation, if you please, was based upon 200 freaking dollars. I
>>>> > >didn't even have 20 at the time so I was a sub standard Christian
>>>> > >apparently. However, they were reading dumb letters and telling
>>>> > >even dumber testimonies about people who sent in their last 200
>>>> > >dollars and how they were getting thousands of dollars in return
>>>> > >within a day or week. They were, of course, recommending you do
>>>> > >the same and not to your own church but to their ministry. No big
>>>> > >surprise there. I wanted to call their hot line for Jesus up and
>>>> > >say, "Hey, why don't you send me, and all your 5 million
>>>> > >listeners, 200 dollars a piece and let God bless you instead?
>>>> > >What is this, give me, give me, give me, theology you keep
>>>> > >preaching. Ain't you ever heard of giving?" I figured they'd
>>>> > >just hang up on me without sending me 200 dollars in the first
>>>> > >place so I skipped calling them. I think I told the story of my
>>>> > >mom calling me years ago, she is passed away now, and she and my
>>>> > >step dad, were attending the largest church in Denver. This
>>>> > >church, by the way, was one of the churches where, in their branch
>>>> > >ministry, a couple of people were shot and killed in recent weeks.
>>>> > >Anyhow, mom was really confused and had worry in her voice when
>>>> > >she called. She told me that this church, the previous Sunday
>>>> > >morning, passed out sealed envelopes, following a very passionate
>>>> > >sermon that was preached. People were asked not to open their
>>>> > >envelopes until they were instructed to do so. The sermon, of
>>>> > >course, was about financial blessings we can receive from God if
>>>> > >we are generous. It was probably, you go first, type of preaching
>>>> > >but that is just a cynical suggestion on my part. Anyhow, the
>>>> > >members, of which there were about 5,000 in attendance that
>>>> > >morning, when told to open their envelopes, each were given a 20
>>>> > >dollar bill. They were told that the church just wanted to bless
>>>> > >them financially and that they could return the money in the
>>>> > >offering next Sunday, if they liked, take their family out to
>>>> > >eat, by some ice cream, or do whatever they desired with the
>>>> > >money. If they think you can take your family out to eat for just
>>>> > >20 bucks, they have rocks in their head but I digress. I asked my
>>>> > >mom what she and my step dad were going to do with the money? She
>>>> > >said, "Well, we are going to give it back. What else?" Guess
>>>> > >what the offering was next Sunday? Mom told me that, based upon
>>>> > >the number of adults, and remember, out of 5,000 people in the
>>>> > >auditorium, there were lots of children, too, the total amount
>>>> > >the adults were given 20,000 dollars. Yes, indeedie. They done
>>>> > >announced this dollar amount from the pulpit. No, I have no idea
>>>> > >why they made such an announcement. I thought the Bible said not
>>>> > >to let the right hand no what the left hand is doing when it came
>>>> > >to money but maybe I have never understood that theology in the
>>>> > >first place. So, the next Sunday, the offering is taken and
>>>> > >quickly counted. The total was 30,000 dollars. Ain't that nice?
>>>> > >Mom said they put extra money in that next Sunday, too, besides
>>>> > >the 20 bucks they each got. Why? Well, shoot. Everyone wants
>>>> > >God to bless them financially. right? Anyhow, this is my way of
>>>> > >starting out the new year. I want everybody to send me 200
>>>> > >dollars. If you don't have that, I'll take 20 dollars. If you
>>>> > >don't have that, I'll take 2 dollars. If you don't have 2
>>>> > >dollars, I'll take a dollar. If you don't have even that much,
>>>> > >forget it. God won't bless you if you are that cheap.
>>>> > >
>>>> > >Phil.
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
>>>> > >The Curse That Works Is The One We Believe
>>>> > >WWW.SafePlaceFellowship.com
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >Brad Dunse
>>>> >http://www.braddunsemusic.com
>>>> >
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>>>> >I promise... no worry!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Brad Dunse
>>>>http://www.braddunsemusic.com
>>>>
>>>>Check out my site, take a look, have a listen to some sample tunes or
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>>>>I promise... no worry!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Brad Dunse
>>>http://www.braddunsemusic.com
>>>
>>>Check out my site, take a look, have a listen to some sample tunes or
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>>>either I promise... no worry!
>>>
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> Brad Dunse
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