Something so cordial can happen in first introductions when two persons discover that they have a friend in common In what may be its most memorable form a big-hearted host welcomes a guest with something like ldquo So nice to meet you Any friend of Sam rsquo s or Samantha rsquo s is a friend of mine rdquo nbsp nbsp Jesus said something similar He rsquo d been attracting crowds by healing many But He rsquo d also been making enemies of local religious leaders by disagreeing with the way they were commercializing the temple and misusing their influence In [... more]