Over the years of study I have discovered that one of my favorite books in the New Testament is the Gospel of John. My reason for this preference has nothing to do with its usually acclaimed high “doctrinal” teachings about the Son of God, etc. Rather, I find myself increasingly drawn to several passages in…

. Way back around 500 BCE there was a Pre-Socratic philosopher named Heraclitus. He was from the city of Ephesus in present day Turkey and he did not fit easily into the various categories that we use to classify the various Greek thinkers of his day. While most of the latter sought to explain reality…