Proverbs 24:6

Surely you need guidance to wage war, and victory is won through many advisers.

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

Like the prospective kings of Israel, not all words they (our graduates) hear will help them. Part of their education has been the formation of critical judgment and wise assessment. Some things they learn will guard the truth, while other things will inform their footsteps.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart"

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

Johnson notes that the qualities of David’s heart, though not spelled out in detail, would seem to be exemplary to Yahweh because David’s heart is like Yahweh’s.

1 Samuel 1:27

I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him.

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

What shapes the story of the whole collection is the man Samuel: how he was born, where he was raised, and to what important purpose God destined him.

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.