The story is told of George Bernard Shaw that he was once seated beside a Duchess at a dinner party. In the course of their conversation, he asked: "Tell me, Duchess, would you live with a man for a million pounds?" "Well," replied the Duchess, "I suppose I would" Then Shaw asked her: "Would you live with a man for five pounds?" The Duchess was insuited: "What do you think I am?" "We’ve already established that," said Shaw, "now we are just determining the price."

Long before the coming of Christ, the pagan philosophers decided that the process of growing, maturing, learning, developing character and living was, essentially, the process of establishing values - getting the proper price tags on everything in life. In simple terms, making value judgments. Certainly Jesus Christ confirmed th…