Sunday, March 07, 2010  1 Corinthians 15:52   To deny the above
is the entire job of the heathens and their consorts.  To
believe it is the only job of the Christian.  The dignity of the
body, as well as of the soul, separates us from Gnostics, and
Buddhists, and Marxists, and all other faiths.  Each of us is
made in the image of God. To think of some part -- whether skin
color, or gender, as determinative, is a false idol. To separate
people by class is itself a blasphemy. Any mark of distinction
is not permanent. God is impartial, and we are to be impartial
likewise. We accept each face as divine, even if it sees itself
as an animal such as an armadillo or a caterpillar that does not
know it will one day turn into a butterfly.  1st Cor 15:44: "It
is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is
a natural body, and there is a spiritual body."  Walking on
water, turning water into wine, making bread fall out of the
sky: all of these are parlour tricks compared to the
Resurrection, and the new b