December 3, Day 337

Today's Reading

As Paul concludes this first letter to the church in Corinth, he moves from practical matters that were problems in the church to a critical theological issue: the resurrection. Some false teachers were running around saying there is no resurrection. Paul built a case on why the resurrection is the lynchpin of the Christian faith; without which our hope in Christ drops dead.

Before he concludes the letter, he states that he is writing from Ephesus. No doubt the Corinthians already knew that, but now we know it. We will soon read of Paul's Ephesus encounter with the riotous followers of the goddess Diana. Later we will read the powerful letter he wrote to the church that started there.

First, we have another letter to the Corinthians. Tomorrow...