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There are many things that are associated with Thanksgiving such as turkey, pilgrims, stuffing, football, family, and gravy,however,  the most recent word that goes hand in hand with Thanksgiving is ...shopping.

The Thanksgiving newspaper weighs about 15 pounds. The majority of that weight comes from the advertisements that have been placed into the newspaper. The ads on Thanksgiving are certainly enticing. They offer huge discounts! Many times there are only a few people that get to experience the unbelievable savings because each store only has 3 of the huge flat screen TV.

Advertisements are often guilty of being misleading. Picture the commercial on television for a slip'n slide. The kids on the commercial seem to slide for 100 feet. When you get to the store the slip'n slide that looked like so much fun is actually only 6 feet long.

Imagine if advertisements were completely truthful.

The students created completely truthful ads at the beginning of class.

The key question in Bible Study was: Are Christians guilty of false advertising when it comes to the resurrection of the body? We examined 1 Corinthians 15:12-22.

Paul takes us back to Christ's resurrection. He points out step by step what it would mean if Christ had not been raised. Paul uses if/then logic to show the absolute reality of Christ's resurrection.

The fact that Christ has risen is the ultimate truth in advertising. What we see in Christ's resurrection is what we get. We to will have our own resurrection on the Last Day.