Page 70 CLASS OF 2024 LINCOLN DAILY NEWS.COM MAY / JUNE 2024 graduate faculty and staff, Koranek said she and others have known delight by the way they care, work hard, provide gentle guidance, show grace, pay attention to all the details, and listen to the students. The students have been the recipients of Christ’s selfless service and experienced God’s faithfulness through their work. An innumerable list of faculty members has helped Koranek know Christ better. Koranek has heard alumni and faculty speak of many others from the recent past and the beginning of the school who have been great. Thinking about the long list, Koranek said she cannot help but imagine how infinitely wonderful God must be when he chooses to reveal himself to us. The legacy of LCU is the character of Christ revealed by both those who have worked, taught and studied here. Koranek said through the legacy the students have not just been taught but reshaped. She hoped LCU’s mission can be carried on. In closing, Koranek said the evidence of Christ’s work will continue to make the gospel more real. It will allow the graduates to say to those to minister, counsel and teach in the future, yet not I, but through Christ in me. All along at LCU, Koranek said it has been yet not us, but through Christ in us. LCU Keynote Speaker Dr. Mark Scott “Crawl Up into the Lap of God.” The keynote address at Saturday’s final commencement service at Lincoln Christian University was delivered by Dr. Mark Scott and titled “Crawl Up into the Lap of God.” Dr. Scott felt grateful and humbled to be speaking at the ceremony. Dr. Wayne Shaw, who Dr. Scott considers his homiletics mentor, taught him a two pronged approach: preach to the believers or preach to the unbelievers. In the church Dr. Scott preaches in, he follows that approach as they sing an invitation hymn each Sunday. Today, Dr. Scott said he was following another two pronged approach by speaking to both the class of 2024 and the whole LCU family. The Biblical text Dr. Scott used was from Psalm 131:1-3, which are part of the song of ascents of David. In this passage, King David says, “O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my
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