Last fall, I came face to face with mortality and death when my dad's health began to decline. When he died, there were three things that the Holy Spirit used to comfort me - my pastor's recent sermons on the resurrection from 1 Corinthians 15, the Apostles' Creed, and the first question and answer from the Heidelberg catechism. While it is true that my dad is in the presence of the Lord and free from physical suffering, this is not his end state. To be fully human is to be body and soul. Death severs that union, but the resurrection will unite what has been torn apart. So my dad is awaiting "the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting." 1 And everyone in Christ has this hope because "with body and soul, both in life and in death, am not my own, but belong to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ." 2 The resurrection offers great comfort when faced with death, but I can think of practical implications now. Namely, if we affirm the resurrection, wh...