3.78: What Does the Bible Say about Resurrection?

In this episode, the co-hosts talk with Michael J. Chan, exploring the question, "What does the Bible say about resurrection?"

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Prof. Kathryn Schifferdecker and Katie Langston talk with Michael J. Chan exploring the question, what does the Bible say about resurrection?

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Biblical books and passages mentioned

  • 1 Kings 17
  • Daniel 10-12
  • Matthew 25
  • John 11
  • Luke 7
  • 1 Corinthians 15

Topics, themes and figures mentioned

  • Examples of Resurrection in Scripture
    • Jesus and Lazarus (John 11)
    • Son of the Widow of Nain (Luke 7)
    • Daniel 12
    • 2 Maccabees 7 (deuterocanonical book)
    • 1 Kings 17 (Elijah raises the son of widow of Zarephath)
  • 1 Corinthians 15: the apostle talks about the transformed body; resurrection and baptism
  • Afterlife
  • Sadducees
  • Bodily Resurrection
  • New Heaven and Earth
  • Kosher Laws
  • Resurrection vs. Resuscitation/Revivification
  • Cremation: not central to the Gospel
  • Suffering
  • Continuity
  • Importance of Bodies
  • Oppression
  • Persecution
  • Poverty
  • Persecution
  • Adiaophora

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Kathryn Schifferdecker

Kathryn Schifferdecker

Katie Langston

Katie Langston

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Michael J. Chan

Michael J. Chan

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Michael Chan

Dr. Michael Chan serves as Vice President for Mission and Inclusion. He joined the Concordia College community in June 2022 as the executive director for faith and learning. Prior to that, he was Associate Professor of Old Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He taught at Luther Seminary following the completion of his Ph.D. at Emory University and a year of research and teaching at the University of Helsinki. He is a graduate of Luther Seminary (M.A. in biblical theology) and Pacific Lutheran University (B.A. in elementary education).

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Kathryn M. Schifferdecker

Kathryn M Schifferdecker came to Luther Seminary as an assistant professor of Old Testament in 2006. Ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 2001, Schifferdecker was associate pastor for five years at Trinity Lutheran Church, Arkdale, Wisc., before coming to Luther. Schifferdecker is a frequent contributor to workingpreacher.org, Word & World and the author of Out of the Whirlwind: Creation Theology in the Book of Job (Harvard University Press, 2008). She is currently writing a commentary on the book of Esther.

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Katie Langston

Katie Langston is a doubter by nature and a believer by grace. She grew up Mormon in a small Utah town and still isn't sure she fits in anywhere sophisticated enough to have a Target. She's the author of Sealed: An Unexpected Journey into the Heart of Grace, an acclaimed spiritual memoir about her conversion to orthodox Christianity. Katie works as the director of digital strategy for Luther Seminary's innovation team, where she oversees digital projects aimed at cultivating vibrant Christian spirituality in a post-modern, post-Christian cultural context.

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