In this post-Easter week, we conclude our look at Paul’s discussion of the resurrection, in 1 Corinthians 15. Fear and hope are two of the great motivators. Fear of what we have to lose, and hope of what we have to gain. We’re used to advertisers and politicians playing on these emotions, but it’s not a new thing.… Continue reading Resurrection: 1 Cor 15:50-58

In this post-Easter week, we continue looking at Paul’s discussion of the resurrection, in 1 Corinthians 15. Thirty-four verses in to chapter 15 of 1 Corinthians, it can be easy to get lost in the trees of Paul’s argument, and miss the forest. So before we continue, here’s a quick summary of what we saw last… Continue reading Resurrection: 1 Cor 15:35-49

In this post-Easter week, we look at Paul’s discussion of the resurrection, in 1 Corinthians 15. Yesterday, Paul sold the benefits of Jesus’ bodily resurrection: he’s the firstfruits, the taster of what will happen to us, too. In today’s brief passage, Paul then points to the Corinthians’ own behaviour, that showed that they had hope… Continue reading Resurrection: 1 Cor 15:29-34

In this post-Easter week, we look at Paul’s discussion of the resurrection, in 1 Corinthians 15. Yesterday, we saw Paul arguing against “some” in the Corinthian church who claimed that there was no resurrection of the dead. (They were probably Greeks who viewed a bodily resurrection as absurd; in Greek thought, people hoped to escape from… Continue reading Resurrection: 1 Cor 15:20-28

In this post-Easter week, we look at Paul’s discussion of the resurrection, in 1 Corinthians 15. Yesterday, Paul reminded his audience of the tradition about Jesus’ death and resurrection which he heard from eyewitnesses and passed on to them. He wanted to affirm again its reliability, and its status as the basis of the Christian… Continue reading Resurrection: 1 Cor 15:12-19

In this post-Easter week, we look at Paul’s discussion of the resurrection, in 1 Corinthians 15. One of the common objections to the historicity of Jesus’ resurrection is the long timeframe between the event (around 30 AD) and the four written gospels which testify to it (Mark is likely the earliest, in the 60s AD). Now… Continue reading Resurrection: 1 Cor 15:1-11