What did Paul actually believe about life after death?

In this episode of The Consecrated Body, we explore resurrection—not as soul escape, but as embodied hope. Looking closely at 1 Corinthians 15 and the resurrection of Jesus, we ask: Are our bodies temporary shells… or seeds of future glory?

If Christ is the firstfruit, then our future is not disembodied existence, but renewed, transformed, embodied life in Him.

This conversation might gently challenge some Western assumptions—but ultimately, it’s an invitation into joy. Because if resurrection is real, then your body is not incidental to your faith. It is part of God’s redemptive plan.

And that is very good news.

How does the Bible really view the human person? In this episode, Alicia explores Paul’s understanding of psuchē—often translated “soul”—and shows how it reflects a whole, embodied life, not a body-versus-soul split. We’ll challenge common dualistic ideas, uncover Hebraic insights about life and the body, and consider what it means to live fully alive in God’s design.

In this third episode of our seven-part series on biblical anthropology, Alicia continues the “demolition” phase by tracing how key post-Renaissance thinkers reshaped our modern understanding of the self. Drawing on Carl Trueman’s Strange New World, we explore how ideas from Descartes, Rousseau, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, and Reich contributed to today’s expressive individualism—and how this cultural inheritance often stands in tension with Scripture’s integrated vision of the human person.

We also reflect on the biblical inner life, Augustine’s journey inward and outward toward God, and what it means to let God have authority over both body and soul. The episode concludes with a guided body prayer inspired by Julian of Norwich.

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