“If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain…And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied” (1 Cor. 15:14,17-19).

Let me get this straight. Paul is admitting that if something that never happens (i.e. people randomly being raised from the dead) didn’t happen just this once (Jesus Christ not-so-randomly being raised), then we can chuck this whole Christianity thing out the window with the rest of the world’s false religions.

If you put it that way, it kind of makes what we’re celebrating this Sunday fairly important. And don’t worry. Christ was raised from the dead, so we have nothing to worry about.