* It's good to suffer loss, for it draws me to the Cross where God's loss is more than what anyone ever lost.
* We cannot hear what the stories of the Bible are saying until we hear them as stories about ourselves.
* Let go of control.
* Trust God. Thank God. Think about God. Talk to God. Talk about God.
How has the hope of resurrection made a difference in your own life? Tell your story.
Have you expressed/embodied your hope of resurrection during difficult times in your life? During good times?
Can you explain the importance of the resurrection to non-Christians [skeptics, agnostics, atheists, non-believers]?
Why is the death and resurrection of Christ an eschatological reality/event of [ultimate] first importance (1 Cor 15:3-4) [the cornerstone which is central to everything, the climax and pinnacle of the entire Bible]? Do explain theologically and practically.
How does this guarantee your own resurrection [and salvation] (1 Cor 15:20-22)?
How does a bodily resurrection hold both creation and redemption both creation and redemption together (1 Cor 15:45)?
How might your emotion disclose your true eschatological condition?
What makes you angry, fearful, jealous, worried, depressed, discouraged, dejected, disheartened, despair?
Are negative emotions, harsh criticisms, and inability to forgive eschatological issues?
Does the gospel give you hope and self-control [joy, gratitude (Gal 5:22-23)] to overcome yourself [as Christ ultimately did on the cross]?
How might you take the resurrection for granted [which is practically denying the resurrection (1 Cor 15:12)]?
How can you train yourself (1 Cor 9:25; 1 Tim 4:7) to think and live eschatologically?
Why did Paul write 1 Cor 15 (1 Cor 15:12)? Why did they deny it? Why do people deny it?
Do you affirm the resurrection in your mind, but deny it--not embody/live it out in your life (1 Cor 15:33-34)?
Does the gospel need reminding (1 Cor 15:1a)? Why?
How does one become a Christian (1 Cor 15:1-2)? What did they receive and take their stand on?
What does it mean for you to "hold firmly" to the gospel you received and believed (1 Cor 15:2, 11)?
What possible OT Scriptures "say" that "Christ died for our sins" (1 Cor 15:3; Isa 53:5-7, 11b, 12b)? "That he was raised" from the dead (1 Cor 15:4; Ps 16:9-11; 110:1)? ["According to the Scriptures" may not refer to any particular OT passage but to "Scripture seen as a whole."]
Why does Paul emphasize the many witnesses of Jesus' resurrection (1 Cor 15:5-10, 12)?
Why does Paul's own testimony show about him (1 Cor 15:8-10)?
How do you connect grace and effort (1 Cor 15:10)?
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