It's week two, and mystery monday was still not my favorite but the the speaker was amazing. His name is Mike Aleckson. Mike was a software developer and CEO that gave up owning a successful software development company to further the Kingdom of Christ through Compassion International. On the first of three days, he went through a rather large history lesson of the Old Testament and very early years of the New Testament. One of the most interesting things I learned that day was that if you are struggling with your world view or a theological question, look back to some of the early Christians and say what do you think there answer would be? Do this because they experienced Jesus, and they would be the the person with the most right answer. On the second day, he talked about what it really means to be a believer and follower of Christ. In Galatians 5:19-21, it says that if you do "x" sin you will not inherit the Kingdom of God. You might say, "Rand, I though Christianity was all about for forgiveness?" Well it is, but you must repent of your sins, then your sins will be forgiven and forgotten. This is just a long way of saying that just accepting Jesus Christ as our savior is not enough, but we must not sin. This ties in what I learned next. I also learned that when you truly have the Holy Spirit in your heart, that your sin will decrease as you get closer to God, thus getting closer to our end goal, Mathew 5:48, to be perfect, as our heavenly Father is. On his last day speaking, he emphasized to use the world to help us confirm what God is calling us to do. Myself, still listening to what God is calling me to do, this was great to learn. Over all this week was a great learning opportunity that I took full advantage of, and learned many things and exposed areas that I need to wrestle with and improve on. In conclusion, I am seeing an occurring pattern, that if you study God's word, you might find that God's voice, is louder than you think, and it's powerful.