Comments for "The Way of the Wolf" - as told by Norm MacDonald http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com A writing journal, spiritual notes and general observations on life. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:11:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The Anti-Christ by James Warren http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/the-anti-christ/#comment-789 James Warren Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:11:09 +0000 http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/?p=950#comment-789 Interesting Norm. Keep writing bro. Jim Interesting Norm.

Keep writing bro.

Jim

]]> Comment on Spiritual Disciplines-Prayer by Norm http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/spiritual-disciplines-prayer/#comment-786 Norm Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:13:44 +0000 http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/spiritual-disciplines-prayer/#comment-786 Darrell, thanks for stopping by and commenting. I did visit your site. Thanks for sharing it. On the second article, I found the word "should" a bit unsettling. Prayer can do a lot of things however coupling "prayer" and "should" seems rather prescriptive. Prayer and "will", although rather dogmatic in its implication, may be a more balanced approach. Just a thought. Darrell, thanks for stopping by and commenting. I did visit your site. Thanks for sharing it. On the second article, I found the word “should” a bit unsettling. Prayer can do a lot of things however coupling “prayer” and “should” seems rather prescriptive. Prayer and “will”, although rather dogmatic in its implication, may be a more balanced approach. Just a thought.

]]> Comment on Spiritual Disciplines-Prayer by darrell http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/spiritual-disciplines-prayer/#comment-785 darrell Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:00:44 +0000 http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/spiritual-disciplines-prayer/#comment-785 really good post. thank you for the post. check out some of our thoughts on prayer in our new blog. http://projectawaken.com/ really good post. thank you for the post. check out some of our thoughts on prayer in our new blog. http://projectawaken.com/

]]> Comment on Do You Hear What I Hear? by James Warren http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/do-you-hear-what-i-hear-2/#comment-784 James Warren Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:54:34 +0000 http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/?p=944#comment-784 Good Norm. Have a good one. Good Norm.

Have a good one.

]]> Comment on Our Civil Duty by jonron http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/our-civil-duty/#comment-780 jonron Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:54:37 +0000 http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/?p=941#comment-780 Mr. Warren, Norm's entry, to which you and I are both responding, was entitled "Our Civil Duty". You seemed to think he was oppossed to civil disobedience and you tried to show that Paul did engage in civil disobedience. Was it not Peter who said "we ought to obey God rather than men"?(Acts 4:29) Paul, on the other hand, said "the powers that be are ordained of God" and one who "resists the power resists the ordinance of God". Paul's battles were with the Judaizers (who insisted that Gentiles could not come to Christ w/o first submitting to the Law) not with the government. You cited Eph. 6:12-17 in support of civil disobedience. It is actually says just the opposite. "We wrestle NOT against flesh and blood". None of the pieces of armor have anything to do with resisting civil authorities. The statements that you made about the victory that Jesus secured for us on the cross and about our getting off our duff are correct, they simply have nothing to do with civil disobedience. I agree that there is a time and a place for a march, a demonstration or a sit-in, but neither Jesus or Paul are good examples to use to support such a position. Jon Mr. Warren,
Norm’s entry, to which you and I are both responding, was entitled “Our Civil Duty”. You seemed to think he was oppossed to civil disobedience and you tried to show that Paul did engage in civil disobedience. Was it not Peter who said “we ought to obey God rather than men”?(Acts 4:29) Paul, on the other hand, said “the powers that be are ordained of God” and one who “resists the power resists the ordinance of God”.
Paul’s battles were with the Judaizers (who insisted that Gentiles could not come to Christ w/o first submitting to the Law) not with the government.

You cited Eph. 6:12-17 in support of civil disobedience. It is actually says just the opposite. “We wrestle NOT against flesh and blood”.
None of the pieces of armor have anything to do with resisting civil authorities.

The statements that you made about the victory that Jesus secured for us on the cross and about our getting off our duff are correct, they simply have nothing to do with civil disobedience.

I agree that there is a time and a place for a march, a demonstration or a sit-in, but neither Jesus or Paul are good examples to use to support such a position.

Jon

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