“I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me, as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.” (John 10:14-16).

In human relations it is often true that the more we know persons, the more we· love them. This is true, but not because they become greater in our mind. As we come to know persons, we discover their weaknesses: their faults and failures, their shames and shams. The amazing thing about Jesus is that the more we know about him, the greater he becomes and the more we love him.

It has been reported that Napoleon was once in the company of some clever skeptics wh…