Luke24:25

He said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

From Background Notes [BN] for May 21st & 22nd written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Flooded with darkness, their hearts could neither understand, nor feel, nor respond to the risen Jesus who walked with them in his newly resurrected body.

Proverbs 20:9

Who can say, "I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin"?

From Background Notes [BN] for May 14th & 15th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

To be single-hearted restores the unity of our persons, replacing the divided self with the wholeness of persons once created by God and now reborn in His likeness.

Luke 8:2

...and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out

From Background Notes [BN] for May 14th & 15th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Were these actual forms of demon possession or were they mental disorders or, perhaps, a combination of these?

Proverbs 4:23

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

From Background Notes [BN] for May 14th & 15th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

(This week) We will consider the central and vital aspects of human nature created by God and which give identity to human beings as made in the image of God.

Proverbs 31:10

A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.

From Background Notes [BN] for May 7th & 8th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

We've chosen to end these Background Notes with a return to an ancient text from the Wisdom literature of the Hebrew Bible.

Genesis 2:18

The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”

From Background Notes [BN] for May 7th & 8th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

What Genesis 2 brings to our understanding of Genesis 1 is the inner workings of God's creative act in the case of "humanity", something we do not see in relationship to the other living things. Why "male and female" for human beings?

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you."

From Background Notes [BN] for May 7th & 8th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Israel’s story is filled with the lives of many honored women, some of whom were literal mothers, while the others represent motherhood on a higher level.