Truth is a mysterious subject. Truth can bring you freedom, or ensnare you. Truth can build up or destroy. Truth can be subjective or objective. Truth can be elusive or apparent. Truth can . . .
At the heart of mentoring like Jesus stands a monument to truth. Not just biblical truth but social, relational, experiential, perceptual, educational, personal, and emotional truth. Truth that stands as vanguard over the entire mentoring process. Truth that protects the mentor and the mentoree. There is no acceptable practice of mentoring that is not hedged by truth.
Mentors who do not live within the truth are dangerous. Manipulation, personal motivation, cultic control, domination, intimidation, and pain flow from untruthful mentoring. I know. I've been there.
Have you been there too? Have you been fooled? Have you been hurt?
Mentoring should stand up to the scrutiny of the Word of God, historical perspective, cultural context, submission to authority, personal moral conduct, validation of a Biblical result, and the community of Faith.
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