IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD…             Both the Book of Genesis and the first chapter of the Gospel of John begin with the words “In the beginning…” The former, of course, refers to the origin of the universe while the latter refers to the origin of God’s Son, Jesus Christ. In John’s Gospel Jesus…

WHAT DID SOCRATES MEAN??      I have long been fascinated and a bit confused by Plato’s claim that in his final speech before the Athenian Senate Socrates stated that “Wickedness runs faster than death”. Clearly, he was accusing the Senate of being “wicked” when it sentenced him to death for causing the Athenian defeat at…