I am the Resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live. (John 11:25)

An Unsurpassed Word of Comfort

Without question, these words of our Lord are unsurpassed in the comfort, assurance, and strength they bring to all who hear them in faith. To know that the blank, the ache, and the emptiness which death brings have been met and conquered by one who is equal to the task is the best news we can ever receive. If you know what it means to listen for a footstep that never comes, to long for a voice that is no more heard, then you can cherish all the more this word of Jesus Christ which is so majestic and unfathomable. Each time we speak the Apostles’ Creed we conclude with this dozen-word phrase that spans all eternity in its meaning: "... the resurrection …