Posts Tagged With: Kent Hansen

A Word of Grace – February 14, 2011

Dear Friends: The class was over and I’d answered the last student question. When I was putting my lecture materials in the briefcase I saw that one woman remained in the classroom. She was still seated, staring sadly off into space. She was one of the older students, probably in her late thirties I guessed. … Continue reading »

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A Word of Grace – February 7, 2011

Dear Friends: We have a tendency to overlook the genealogies and logistical inventories of the Bible, but we can always learn something if we reflect on them for a while. The genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1 tells us that the Christ came to us through the great and very ordinary, adulterers and murderers, the … Continue reading »

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A Word of Grace – January 31, 2011

Dear Friends: They came to Bethsaida. Some people brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village; and when he had put saliva on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Can you … Continue reading »

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A Word of Grace – January 24, 2011

Dear Friends: Jesus’ last instruction to his disciples was this: “I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high” (Lk 24:49). The disciples had just been traumatized by the crucifixion and shocked by the appearance of the resurrected … Continue reading »

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A Word of Grace – January 18, 2011

Dear Friends: And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him. Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse. She had heard about Jesus, … Continue reading »

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