Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by-ch by chapter verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message,

The Heart of the Gospel, as we pick up in 1st Corinthians chapter 15 verse 1.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

Let's turn to 1 Corinthians chapter 15.

The Corinthian church was a real mess.

A lot of carnality that led to divisions, a lot of party spirit, a real misunderstanding of the spiritual gifts,

a lot of weird concepts.

There were some in Corinth who declared that there was no resurrection from the dead,

sort of a Sadducean background perhaps. Paul, having corrected the other problems that they

wrote to him about, now finally tackles the final problem of those people

who were declaring there is no resurrection of the dead. So Paul, first of all, declares that this

is the heart of the gospel. Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel, which I preached unto you,

which also you have received, and wherein you stand, by which also ye are saved,

if you'll keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain,

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