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Some faiths are just too mysterious. Christianity is unique in having a mystery, that can be revealed to us, whereupon we discover the mystery still exists. Although something is unique, it doesn't mean it's truth though, just take a look at Scientology... Anyway, that was a side track. The mystery of Christianity is revealed to us when we accept Christ. Romans 16:25-27, "Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all nations might believe and obey him- to the only wise God be the glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen." Colossians 1:24-27, "Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. I have become its...

Raw thought bubbling in my mind. Concepts and theorems yet unresolved. Topics that have been brewing on the back burner for weeks. What follows is surely unstructured and unorganized, but may be interesting too. This describes some of the heart of my blogging. So, mentor relationships. The surest way to know when mentoring is as complete as it will get, is the point when the mentored desires to give back to the mentor in an emotional form. In a mentor/mentored relationship it's a given that the mentor will give emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and in knowledge and wisdom. All because of their greater maturity, understanding, and desire to help a young sprout grow. The mentored usually acknowledges this fact, but doesn't really understand the ramifications, and as such, craves this relationship in which the other side is only to happy to give obligingly. What's important to know is that no relationship apart from mentor/mentored should be like this. It's unrealistic...

I graduated today! Below is a F.A.Q. I created to help with crowd control.... the idea was that if there were more people than I could talk at once coming in the door, then some could just read the faq instead. But mostly I just wanted to make a faq. :-) Also, I'm going to be a counselor for a summer camp, the same as last year's. I'm hoping to get a post or two in on the weekends, but don't expect more than four, tops. Sorry. Still, the sidebar archive contains over a hundred and thirty posts... (not bragging, just sayin'!) so if you want to, there's probably something you haven't read in there. Those helpful little links even color code for which ones you've clicked on or not. On to the graduation faq!                                                 ...

Wanted to share a quick inspirational bolt. It's short, unpolished, and lacks a cohesive feeling, but it could be made into something pretty amazing Titled, "And That Is It" spending time that I don't have wandering a world that I can't see sharing a heart that breaks my back speaking a truth that few believe running a race that rests my feet fighting a war that's already beat claiming a world that's already claimed freeing those that have been chained warming hearts that have been chilled igniting souls that before were nil clearing dead eyes that were so quizzical showing a strength that goes beyond physical now this rhyme is becoming to material the reason including far to much criteria-l ending feels like slamming down a bludgeon the truth is without Christ, you'll never even get 'well done'. And that is it.

This is one of those rare movies I recommend, that I didn't enjoy watching. I believe The Passion is best viewed with some prior knowledge of Christ's sacrifice, but extensive knowledge isn't necessary. On the contrary, knowing every step of the way is one of things that I felt kept the film from impacting me as deeply as I had hoped it would. The Passion is extremely accurate. Historical locations, the populace's garb, accents. Make sure to enable english subtitles, as everything is in the aramaic language. I'm doing bullet points because their isn't really humor or drama or romance or technology or anything else like that, that I can expand upon with my own words. The Passion is simply a brutally realistic portrayal of the true events of Christ's crucifixion. The movie did play around a little with a visible representation of Satan, who tormented Jesus during this time. Or actually his whole life really. While this is certainly in the bible, it alm...

The soul is often referred to as a fire. Sometimes as "flickering" or "blazing" or "almost out" or whatever. Just different ways to describe the level of passion someone is portraying. This "fire of the soul", could also be described as a love tank, or self-esteem level that is maintained in part by compliments, and our perception of other people caring about us. Encouragement is one source of fuel for that fire. Compliments are included in the category of encouragement, and I believe our perception of how others think about us also translates to encouragement, or discouragement, depending on that said perception. That said, I've been mulling over encouragement primarily in its form of spoken and written word. What got me started was encouragement from an unexpected source. For a while I didn't think anything of it, until I realized I was still thinking.... of it. See, if the soul is a fire, and encouragement fuels that fire, encour...

I don't have much today. Since last summer I've been reading through the bible, and I'm nearly finished with the old testament. I've learned a ton, but here is one thing that I thought I'd share. Early old testament, during the exodus and afterwards, God always talks to the Israelites (us) through Moses. Leviticus 5:14, "The Lord spoke to Moses, saying ...." Leviticus 6:8, "The Lord spoke to Moses, saying..." Leviticus 12:1, "And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying..." Numbers 5:1, "The Lord spoke to Moses, saying..." And so on and so forth over and over again. It's not subtle. And it's not unintentional. As of yet, I don't know the significance of that though, so I'd love any comments. I believe it has something to do with God pointing out the relationship triangle between God, Man, and Law. Something along the lines of how much people were separated from God at this point. Then it all changes. After Levitic...