God Bod

God Bod
July 5, 2020
 
The global health club industry is a $94 billion market. Around the world 174 million people like me spend time every week trying to get in shape, or stay in shape, so they can live longer, healthier lives. From the moment I started working out, I decided that I wasn’t ever going to cross the line into obsession. I’m not after the perfect body. I just want to be healthy.

 But it’s no secret that cultures around the world are obsessed with the perfect human body. For centuries, artists have celebrated, even exalted the human form in their art. A quick search on Amazon reveals that this obsession with bodies continues to thrive in our own time and culture. There are more than 90,000 books about exercise, 80,000 books about diet, and over 90,000 search results for exercise equipment available through their website! That’s a lot of emphasis and focus on something that’s as temporary as the human body! Or…is it as temporary as we think?

This Sunday we’re in the second half of chapter 15 of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthian church. Last week, Pastor Jon unpacked Paul’s teaching on one of the foundational beliefs of our faith: the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ and all that that means for us. This week, we’re looking at the promise of our own resurrection and the implications that promise holds for us today, both in how we view our bodies and how we use them.