It’s a Friday night… i’m sitting here writing to the sound of guitars playing, along with the jimbee beating in the background. Four or five of the Five Points guys are playing in the room next door. They’re singing “Did You Hear the Mountains Tremble?” The music is so refreshing. It’s such a blessing to live with a group of guys who love the Lord… and who take joy in spending their Friday night in playing worship music and glorifying God. What a blessing to have brothers in Christ…

So one of the classes I am taking this spring semester is Introduction to Philosophy with Dr. Davis. When I first pre-registered for the class, I only really decided to take it because it satisified my humanities core requirement. I also thought it would be interesting to get a taste of philosophy. It has always been one of those fields which I didn’t know much about… and didn’t really know what they studied – other than the obvious… philosophers by the likes of Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates. What was philosophy?

Classes started four days ago – on Tuesday. The first assignment given for the class was to read Socrates’ Apology. The text for the class alone is a big, fat doorstop (”an expensive doorstop,” as quoted by Dr. Davis himself this morning) of a book. Not to imply (or to claim that Dr. Davis meant this either) that the book is of no value or is not worth reading. I would be quick to say that reading Socrates’ Apology was one of the most enjoyable, fulfilling, and intriguing pieces of literature that I have read since being here at Covenant. Granted, I have only been here for a little over a semester… and have yet to delve into the literature of other great courses and authors. But the knowledge and wisdom of Socrates overflows in his words. For those of you who are interested …. read on. Click to continue »