For next Sunday read 1 Corinthians 15:1-19.

Corinth was a Greek city, and the Greeks did not believe in the resurrection of the dead. When Paul had preached at Athens and declared the fact of Christ’s resurrection, some of his listeners actually laughed at him (Acts 17:32). Most Greek philosophers considered the human body a prison, and they welcomed death as deliverance from bondage.

Some in the church at Corinth had begun to embrace this skeptical attitude. The truth of the resurrection had doctrinal and practical implications for life that were too important to ignore. However there were others at Corinth who did believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ; so Paul started his argument with that fundamental truth.

Bible reading for next week:

03/07/2010 Psalm 73-74

03/08/2010 Romans 5

03/09/2010 Psalm 75-77

03/10/2010 Romans 6

03/11/2010 Psalm 78

03/12/2010 Romans 7

03/13/2010 Psalm 79-81 & 1 Corinthians 15:1-19