Faith-Filled Tension

Paul binds the physical body with resurrection, a holistic change from life as we have structured and understood it to that which is eternal as Jesus' life, death and resurrection gifted us. Our faith is intricately tied to a belief in the unbelievable while living and loving as Jesus did, attending to the needs of bodies in the here and now. Bodies matter now and in a future we can not know or understand - for now.

Sermon begins at minute marker 6:03
I Corinthians 15:1-26, 51-57

Resources

• Believers Church Bible Commentary: 1 Corinthians, By: Dan Nighswander
• BibleWorm podcast Episode 540 The Resurrection of the Body 
• Working Preacher's Narrative Lectionary 584 - Death Swallowed in Life
• Image:   Align Towards Spine on Unsplash
• Hymn: Voices Together, 433, I Believe in God Almighty. Text:  based on Apostles’ Creed (Mediterranean), ca. 4th c.; Sylvia G. Dunstan (Canada), In Search of Hope and Grace, © 1991 GIA Publications. Music: American traditional (USA), Christian Lyre, 1831; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, The English Hymnal, 1906. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.