There are many ways we imagine what it means to believe in the resurrection. For some it is simply coming back to life again – which is resuscitation, not resurrection. Others think of reincarnation. Many look to the resilience of creation in spring and see new life. But none of these are resurrection. Jesus says “I am the resurrection and the Life” (John 11:25). This Beggar’s Take is that resurrection promises for far more than just living the same life I have now.

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