This list is the best I have ever seen.  That Phil Scovell is a peach of a
fellow and a pillar of the community.  Why, I've never heard anyone as smart
or as theologically deep as he is.  He is a spiritual giant, a walking
bible, and a blessing that I could never live without.  I wish he was two
people so he could do twice as much.  He must be right up there at the top
of the list as far as Jesus is concerned.  Clearing my throat now.  That
last one is correct.

Phil.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MariJean" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: List Character


> This list is the best one I have EVER been on. I love all of you as
> if I have known you all my life!I could have used a family like this
> one when I was growing up.
>
> LOVE TO ALL, AND HUGS AND BLESSINGS,
>
> affectionately, purple
>
>
>
> At 05:58 PM 3/13/2008, you wrote:
> >I believe she will reurnin the not too istant future.
> >
> >I love this list too and all of you.
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "VIRGIE UNDERWOOD"
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:23 AM
> >Subject: Re: [ECHURCH-USA] List Character
> >
> >
> >>Phil and everybody,
> >>I like this list just the way it is.  We can offer suppport to each
> >>other, laugh and cry together, and that is what I think this list
> >>should be.  If we are in need of a sermon I think we can get that
> >>here as well.  I am sorry Kathy left the list and I hope she will
> >>return some time in the future.
> >>
> >>Virgie and Lady Hoshi
> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:08 AM
> >>Subject: List Character
> >>
> >>
> >>>I told Kathy, and I'll mention it here, that all the lists I have owned
over
> >>>the years, and especially this one, I have not tried to govern the
> >>>personality or character of the list.  The ebb and flow of this list
swings
> >>>one way, and then the other, based upon where individuals are at any
given
> >>>moment in their walk with the Lord.  If it is to play, then people
play. If
> >>>it is to teach or share articles relative to daily Christian life, then
such
> >>>articles appear.  If it is sadness, need for prayer, or encouragement
due to
> >>>present circumstances, that's the direct echurch goes.  I have always
> >>>intended echurch to be a support group rather than a Christian list of
> >>>people trying to be a Christian, if you get my drift, so there is why,
to
> >>>some degree, echurch looks as if it has no continuity.  If you want
> >>>structure, steady Bible teaching, rules and regulations, legalism,
> >>>Scriptural interpretation, counsel, Sunday school awards for perfect
> >>>attendance, you should either find such a church to attend or find a
mailing
> >>>list with exactly those types of list policies.  Yes, indeed, there are
such
> >>>lists out there.  I am, of course, far from being your Christian
example but
> >>>I do personally know the One you should follow.  I own other lists and
one,
> >>>blind exchange, I owned for about 10 years before giving it up to
someone
> >>>else.  That list I did work at keeping to the topic of blind related
> >>>information but, admittedly, it drifted off topic many times.  Echurch
has
> >>>never been anything other than a Christian support Group but it, too,
drifts
> >>>off topic, as you well know.  I'm not trying to make anybody happy here
> >>>because if Jesus can't do that, I dead sure can't.  Yes, sometimes we
get
> >>>into a silly mode where we tell jokes.  Have you ever noticed how a
church
> >>>body of believers is quite similar?  Sure, there is the preaching and
> >>>teaching time every Sunday but at least echurch has never taken an
offering.
> >>>I have never seen this list over 50 or 55 members and half of those
never
> >>>post or have set themselves to no mail.  So, we are a pretty small
bunch.
> >>>Oh, sure, I could work at building it to a couple of thousand members.
> >>>Think of the email you'd be getting then every day.  I've been on email
> >>>lists bigger than that.  What a mess.  Anyhow, echurch is you and me
being
> >>>Christians.  If Vicki or I ever think things are going astray, like
into
> >>>heresy, which one member a long time ago, by the way, tried not only
> >>>proselytizing but tried using list members as targets to adjust their
Bible
> >>>theology to his cultish belief, we will speak up.  He was, and is, a
nice
> >>>guy but what he believed is heresy and I used Biblical documentation to
> >>>refute what he was trying to promote on the list.  He eventually left
> >>>peacefully.  So, like Bill O'Rilley always says, the spin stops here
because
> >>>we are looking out for you.  By the way Rhonda, I think that's what it
means
> >>>to be your brother's keeper but Cain used it as an excuse to dodge why
he
> >>>didn't know where his murdered brother Able, was whom he had killed.
As if
> >>>he thought God didn't know already.  There I go again, drifting off
topic.
> >>>So now you know what echurch is and is not.
> >>>
> >>>Phil.
> >
> >
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