[TheForge] Merry Christmas!

Thu Mar 25 23:19:01 2004

Sure was goofy to recieve an email from my past self...What a crusty ol 
bastard!....Pete

GHS wrote:

> What the???
> And here I thought it was almost Easter!
>
> Merry Christmas, buddy.
>
> Mike Graf
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> Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:
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>> Speaking with the authority of good  Scotch in my belly...... most 
>> Christians only think that way once a year or so.
>> Makes it hard to take a lot of them all that seriously.
>> They have a terrible record, y' know.
>> Feel obliged, somebody Has to say
>> Bah, not to mention, Humbug .
>> Pete F
>>
>> Reynolds wrote:
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>>> Frosty:
>>>
>>> Well said, Frosty. There is such a seed of cancer in unforgiveness 
>>> and such a peace and assuredness in forgiveness. Once a person 
>>> figures that out there is no going back to the old value system.
>>> Christ's life and work are unassailable. He holds each of his 
>>> followers to a higher standard. Some of his followers dismiss their 
>>> personal responsibility, while others take it seriously and live an 
>>> authentic life following Christ. I've seen more compromisers than 
>>> authentic Christians and the difference is huge. It is about being 
>>> completely sold out to living like Christ would have us to live or, 
>>> choose instead to hold onto the reins and try to navigate life 
>>> through our own intelligence and strength. The latter is a watered 
>>> down faith and both a lie and a corruption. He demands complete 
>>> surrender. There is no partial surrender or deal cutting. It is a 
>>> narrow road one must travel to be a follower of Christ, but the 
>>> rewards both now and for eternity are limitless. I was in my forties 
>>> before I learned what it meant to follow Christ but I have no 
>>> interest in going back to how I was, believing the lies of humanism 
>>> and secularism. Merry Christmas.
>>> Reynolds  
>>>
>>> Frosty said:
>>>
>>> Well gang.<br><br>It's Christmas once again. Time to set aside our 
>>> differences and try laying<br>a little unconditional love on each 
>>> other.<br><br>Merry Christmas my beloved 
>>> friends.<br><br>Frosty<br>------------------------<br>If it ain't 
>>> forged<br>it ain't real.<br>Wrought iron is.<br>The 
>>> FrostWorks<br><br>Meadow Lakes, 
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