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, 26 Nov 2009 07:57:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Elevation Evaluation by James Warren http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/elavation-evaluation/#comment-798 James Warren Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:57:47 +0000 http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/?p=982#comment-798 Norm - A grievous mistake I made. I didn't spell a word right. When I talked about name it and claim it, I wanted to say that I still DON'T like the idea. Oops. Maybe I should read before I click. (Hm-m-m-m, how long have I been doing this?) LOL Norm – A grievous mistake I made. I didn’t spell a word right. When I talked about name it and claim it, I wanted to say that I still DON’T like the idea. Oops. Maybe I should read before I click. (Hm-m-m-m, how long have I been doing this?) LOL

]]> Comment on Elevation Evaluation by James Warren http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/elavation-evaluation/#comment-797 James Warren Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:55:14 +0000 http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/?p=982#comment-797 It would make me a little nervous also Norm. Of course it is a sign of respect or maybe just the old fashioned idea. . .of love. (Don't know.) I am a pentecostal believer and worshiper and I still do like the name-it-and-claim-it theology. I've always thought that God was our Holy Savior and not our Holy butler. (My opinion.) Have a good one Norm, and keep writing. My blogspot messed up and didn't register any notifications of the recent blogs by ANYBODY so I'm late in getting here. Sorry bout that. The blogs I follow is the first place I check on my blog. I listed them there for that purpose. (Of course for others to check you guys out also.) Jim It would make me a little nervous also Norm. Of course it is a sign of respect or maybe just the old fashioned idea. . .of love. (Don’t know.)

I am a pentecostal believer and worshiper and I still do like the name-it-and-claim-it theology. I’ve always thought that God was our Holy Savior and not our Holy butler. (My opinion.)

Have a good one Norm, and keep writing.

My blogspot messed up and didn’t register any notifications of the recent blogs by ANYBODY so I’m late in getting here. Sorry bout that. The blogs I follow is the first place I check on my blog. I listed them there for that purpose. (Of course for others to check you guys out also.)

Jim

]]> Comment on Orthodoxy by becmedis http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/orthodoxy/#comment-792 becmedis Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:28:08 +0000 http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/orthodoxy/#comment-792 No problem. check out my blog: orthalog.wordpress.com No problem. check out my blog: orthalog.wordpress.com

]]> Comment on Orthodoxy by Norm http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/orthodoxy/#comment-791 Norm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:43:46 +0000 http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/orthodoxy/#comment-791 Excellent thoughts. Tradition and the history of tradition is not to be ignored and certainly serves to shape the belief systems we enjoy today. Thanks for sharing your comment. Excellent thoughts. Tradition and the history of tradition is not to be ignored and certainly serves to shape the belief systems we enjoy today.

Thanks for sharing your comment.

]]> Comment on Orthodoxy by becmedis http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/orthodoxy/#comment-790 becmedis Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:01:57 +0000 http://normmacdonald.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/orthodoxy/#comment-790 Conforming to something is necessary though if we are to have any discipline in our beliefs. It would be chaos otherwise. If we would conform to anything it would be God. It is not that we are conforming to the extreme anyway. Orthodoxy is not suppose to trap you in it's beliefs but guide you, like the Lord does. It is not about 'Your' belief system, and how you want it to be. It is so much more than that. It is the fact that when you perform these acts, they are the same acts that the saints have performed. It is that when you pray certain prayers, these are prayers that took hundreds of years to develop their perfection. Ideas that we come up with have most definitely been thought up before, don't think you're original when you discover something new in the bible. There are men who were extremely holy and spiritual who have developed these ideas. Within the Orthodox church you start ahead of everyone else, you have years and years of explaining. You will go so much deeper. We are not alone in this and it is not only about one person. It is about all of us and respecting those who were before us. Conforming to something is necessary though if we are to have any discipline in our beliefs. It would be chaos otherwise. If we would conform to anything it would be God. It is not that we are conforming to the extreme anyway. Orthodoxy is not suppose to trap you in it’s beliefs but guide you, like the Lord does. It is not about ‘Your’ belief system, and how you want it to be. It is so much more than that. It is the fact that when you perform these acts, they are the same acts that the saints have performed. It is that when you pray certain prayers, these are prayers that took hundreds of years to develop their perfection. Ideas that we come up with have most definitely been thought up before, don’t think you’re original when you discover something new in the bible. There are men who were extremely holy and spiritual who have developed these ideas. Within the Orthodox church you start ahead of everyone else, you have years and years of explaining. You will go so much deeper. We are not alone in this and it is not only about one person. It is about all of us and respecting those who were before us.

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