Truth- always spirit or sometimes spirit based?

Is it me- or does the truth become hard to see and hard to speak in everyday life? While sharing my favorite scripture on a social networking site, someone stopped in to comment. Nine comments later I came into the spiritual battle. Do I comment? Ignore? So I prayed and tossed in my two cents. Two put-downs later, I clearly wanted to stand on my beliefs, but the task was trickier than I wanted. I had to show with love, that I loved my Savior, and there was none other. It ended poorly.

I am Christian. He is Mormon. We differ in opinions. He wanted to win over new Mormons --- I just wanted to praise my God. I also felt the need to define my God as a different God than his God.

My wonderment presses me down. Where did this hate stem from? Clearly limned with visuals of another religious perspective, my friend stood his ground based on Biblical Fortitude and some of another book I did not know about. The word is always Truth. Pure and never returns void. But this other book, the book of Mormon is not the Bible.

Argument aside...my metacognitions took me elsewhere for a brief few moments of pondering.

Was my hesitation rooted in my mind? Which I guess means that my soul (mind will and emotions) is battling with my spirit which is God-breathed. When I speak is it always soul-based, or can it be Spirit-based? That answer seems evident. Sometimes it is soul-rooted, sometimes spirit-rooted. Depends on the prayer fortitude and my obedience, I suppose?

So...scripture is always spirit rooted? I want to think yes...but then there are so many times people speak in their own will, even while using scriptures...as I scan memories of literature classes "Tartuffe" a classic by Moliere comes to mind, and he was a man bent on tarnishing the priesthood for his own means. Clearly he could use scripture and his roots were never spirit based, as he was a selfish, lying, deceiftul vagabond out to steal a home and family from another.

So it all comes down to motive. Know your own motive. Easy stuff, right? Right.

Spirit vs. Soul

Soul Sisters. Chicken Soup for the Soul. Soul Train. Old Soul. The examples are endless.

Ever wonder what a soul really is?

I used to think I really had it. That is, until challenged with "What is the spirit?" in a recent message at church. Oddly enough, the two answers are not exact synonyms. Maybe they entwine, they relate, but they are not synonymous.

Everyone is born with a soul from God. But The Spirit? God-breathed at the time of rebirth, or when you are saved. His Spirit. Residing in Christians, born-again Christians. And so when thinking Spirit it influences the soul. The part that comes with you with a natural birth. Or maybe think of it as the side of you that desires good or bad...whatever. The worldly part of your existence.

But the Spiritual? It is what guides you. It is the connection to the Holy Spirit. The part you chose...

I think I get this much. But it goes so much deeper, and there are varying perspectives on this. I like this POV however. It gels.

Any thoughts about Spirit vs. Soul?