Easter is all about a four letter word — and Christians are full of it. Or at least we’re supposed to be full of it.
The four letter word is LIFE.
New life. Whole life. Abundant Life. Redeemed life. Resurrected life.
The purpose of life is not death, Easter says. The purpose of life is life . . . a life that triumphs over death forever.
Celebrating Easter is the best thing that the church can do because it is a celebration of all that is good, all that is true, and all that is beautiful.
In fact, I would make the case this morning that celebrating Easter is the greatest public service the church can perform for the world. Why? Because it is the reality of Easter that makes everything else we would do possible.
Remember Jesus’ final words on the cross? “It is finished.”
When the sold…