“Aging is what happens if we’re lucky; it means that I’m alive.” —Cindy Crawford.

Young and old, we are unhappy with our bodies. Sometimes they don’t work. Sometimes they don’t make sense. But I want to tell you that your body has meaning, purpose, and a future. And to prove it…our Lord has one too.

The sermon today is titled "Body." It is the third installment in our "Identity" Series. The Scripture reading is from Genesis 2:25 & Philippians 3:21. Originally preached at the West Side Church of Christ (Searcy, AR) on February 26, 2023. All lessons fit under one of 5 broad categories: Begin, Discover, Grow, Learn, and Serve. This sermon is filed under Discover: A New Identity.

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Footnotes (Sources and References Used In Today's Podcast):

• For this series, I formed my outline (and begin each lesson) by consulting James Bryan Smith's The Good & Beautiful You. For this lesson, see especially chapter 2: "You Have A Body."
• Jokes about Dillard's bill in collection basket and wearing mismatched earings from Mary Maxwell.
• Statistics on happiness with bodies comes from the National Organization for Women and Mentalhealth.org.uk.
• Tish Warren, Liturgy of the Ordinary.
• Jonathan Storment, "Adam & Eve: Searching for God in a Body." Sermon series at PVCC.
• N. T. Wright, The Resurrection of the Son of God.