Proverbs 22:6

Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

From Background Notes [BN] for May 31st & June 1st written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Christian graduates face an increasingly complex world which challenges their ability to adapt to change, while staying grounded in deep spiritual rootage. Few students who cross the academic finish line can imagine what the world they are entering will eventually look like.

1 Corinthians 15:50

I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

From Background Notes [BN] for May 24th & 25th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

The only way to secure such rule is to have a king who lives forever, and that king is Jesus. The only way to assure that the king lives forever is to endow him with an eternal human form, something that Jesus received, when God through the Spirit raised him from the dead.

1 Corinthians 15:40

There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another.

From Background Notes [BN] for May 24th & 25th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Again, we know that the philosopher Anaxagoras (480-430 BCE) believed that a large number of seeds make up the properties of materials, that heavenly bodies are made up of the same materials as Earth, and that the sun is a large, hot, glowing rock. He also...

1 Corinthians 15:24

Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.

From Background Notes [BN] for May 24th & 25th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

His public ministry was the sign of his continuing mission, and by paying attention to what he said and did — his words and deeds — the followers of Jesus learn what he intends to say and do in the future.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

From Background Notes [BN] for May 24th & 25th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

At this writing (2014), a prominent movie currently on the big screen is Heaven is for Real. Todd and Sonja Burpo are a real-life couple whose son Colton claims to have visited Heaven during a near death experience. Colton recounts the details of his amazing journey with childlike innocence and speaks matter-of-factly about things that happened before his birth: things he couldn't possibly know.

1 Corinthians 15:25

For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

From Background Notes [BN] for May 17th & 18th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Because the present time is characterized by this “until,” there is a struggle, a fight, a conflict going on, and Jesus is leading the charge from heaven at the right hand of the Father; and we are engaged in the fight on earth through the aggressive message of salvation by grace through faith.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

From Background Notes [BN] for May 17th & 18th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Is it not remarkable that Paul offers this instruction at the end of a long chapter in defense of our future resurrection!