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Reeva
At 11:11 PM 8/21/2006, Phil Scovell sent:
>Angel,
>
>If you need nothing more, then why don't you pray and ask the Lord not to do
>any more miracles for you or to help you because His cross is enough,
>according to the experience of the Eucharist. We don't need Him for our
>children that are drug addicts or criminals? We don't need him because we
>are sick and in physical need? We don't need him because we are financially
>broke? You got one thing right; the cross is everything because everything
>was finished there. You need anything more than that and we all are in
>trouble. The Bible works fine the way it is for me.
>
>Phil.
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Angel" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 8:08 PM
>Subject: Re: Whose On The Phone?
>
>
> > The point in believing in the bible or in God is not to have him make
> > miraculous things happen so we can love him, but because we want to spend
> > our whole lives worshiping him and adoring him. I believe his sacrifice
>on
> > the cross which I experience each time I take the Eucharist and see first
> > hand his precious body and blood as it is transformed before me which is a
> > miracle in itself is enough to believe in him and the bible. I need
>nothing
> > else.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jeremy Gilley" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 6:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: Whose On The Phone?
> >
> >
> > Questions of the decade.
> > That is where Faith comes in... I have heard that people say that
> > mericles don't happen in our time, only in the bible. It just boggles
> > my mind to think that people would think those kinds of things...
> > Mericles happen every day, from a baby being born healthy, all ten
> > fingers and toes, to seeing and feeling the sunshine on our faces, to
> > placing a shirt on your back...
> > I am sorry, I do believe they exist, for they did not, what is the point
> > in believing in the bible or GOD?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of Jenifer Gilley
> > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 6:28 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Whose On The Phone?
> >
> > y are we trying to explain away a miracle? if this didn't happen...
> > who's
> > to say miracles exist in the first place? what makes one miracle bigger
> > and
> > more powerful than another? I believe Jesus Christ is the same today,
> > yesterday and forever! If he arose from the dead... y can't he heal? y
> >
> > can't he work wonders?
> > Jenifer gilley
> > check out my blog
> > http://claudastar.blogspot.com/
> > AIM: jenibear1998
> > msn
> > [log in to unmask]
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Angel" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 5:47 PM
> > Subject: Re: Whose On The Phone?
> >
> >
> > > It is possible? We mustn't trust all we read.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 2:50 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Whose On The Phone?
> > >
> > >
> > >> Whatever you say Angel but what you described isn't a miracle. What
> > they
> > >> described was a miracle because he made no such pre recorded message.
> > >> Unless, of course, they lied about the whole thing and if they made a
> > pre
> > >> recorded message to be sent later, then she lied by leaving that
> > little
> > >> detail out.
> > >>
> > >> Phil.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "Angel" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 11:39 AM
> > >> Subject: Re: Whose On The Phone?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > I hate to say this, but a message can be scheduled to be sent any
> > time
> > >> after
> > >> > it is recorded. It will be sent at any pre prescribed time. I do
> > it
> > >> > myself. If I think of a person's birthday, I will send them a
> > message
> > > and
> > >> > program the voice mail to have it delivered at midnight of the
> > person's
> > >> > birthday. That way I don't have to call him that day if I am busy
> > and
> > > the
> > >> > individual still receives my birthday wishes just as though I
> > waited
> > > till
> > >> > midnight to call him. He may have indeed been praying for his son
> > at
> > > that
> > >> > time, knowing his phone would be turned off and he would be in the
> > air,
> > > he
> > >> > just programmed the message to be sent at that time. It was a very
> >
> > >> > nice
> > >> > gesture.
> > >> > ----- Original Message -----
> > >> > From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >> > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 11:58 AM
> > >> > Subject: Whose On The Phone?
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > > The Tennisons were speaking at a church camp. Their only
> > son
> > >> > > was in seminary. That week, he was taking exams for his PHD.
> > His
> > >> > > mother said that during those three hours each day he was taking
> > >> > > his exams, she would be on her knees praying for him.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > The last day of his exams, he called his mother and said he
> > >> > > wanted to talk to his dad. His dad, he was informed, had left
> > >> > > that morning and at that very moment, his dad was on the airplane
> > >> > > flying to the next meeting. Their son said that he was just
> > >> > > hoping to talk to his dad one more time before the last exam but
> > >> > > he understood. They hung up.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > A little more than three hours later, their son called his
> > >> > > mom to report that he felt he did well on his exams. He said,
> > "It
> > >> > > sure was nice to hear from dad before my exams, too." Sister
> > >> > > Tennison said, she wasn't aware that his dad called him.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Later that day, sister Tennison received a call from her
> > >> > > husband. He said that he had just landed and was checking in.
> > >> > > Sister Tennison asked him how it was he was able to call their
> > >> > > son. He said, "I didn't call him. I was on the airplane so I
> > >> > > couldn't have called him."
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Calling her son back, he insisted his dad had called him and
> > >> > > he could prove it. He said that as he left his room, his phone
> > >> > > rang. Thinking it might be his mom calling back, he quickly
> > >> > > unlocked the door and ran for the phone but it had quit ringing.
> > >> > > He played the message back. It was his dad. He said on the
> > tape,
> > >> > > "Son, this is dad. I just wanted you to know I was praying for
> > >> > > you today." Sister Tennison heard the recording over the phone
> > >> > > and said it was her husband's voice. She asked her son to check
> > >> > > the time of the recording. He did and gave her the figures. She
> > >> > > wrote them down. She said, that time was the exact time her
> > >> > > husband would have still been on the airplane flying to their
> > next
> > >> > > meeting where she would be the next day.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > When their cell phone bill came, there was a one minute call
> > >> > > at that exact same time, but her husband's cell phone was turned
> > >> > > off and in his carry on bag which was in the overhead storage ben
> > >> > > of the airplane, at that exact hour and minute. If Mr. Tennison
> > >> > > didn't make that call, who did?
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