Against beliefs in extinction of self at bodily death or loss of identity in reincarnation stands the truly human-friendly hope celebrated by Easter faith: a personal, immortal reintegration of body, soul and spirit for which Jesus Christ’s Resurrection is the prototype.

Hope beckons to a death-bound human race from the open doorway of Christ's empty tomb.

Christian faith can turn crucifixions into resurrections, Calvary-like suffering into the rolled-away stones of Easter morning.

My love for science and logic are philosophically tempered by an experience of human life that renders me utterly skeptical toward any arguments promoting faith in atheism.

The Christian hope of salvation isn't to become like the angels of the spiritual world, but to remain true humans, eternally at home in fleshy bodies of cosmic dust, reigning forever in a restored physical universe beside the God-Man, the Divine-Human King over both worlds, because His own glorified human body of resurrected earthly flesh points to the destiny of our own.

There's no greater affirmation to our humanity than the Bethlehem manger, no greater demonstration of God's love for us than the Cross of Calvary, no greater proclamation of human hope than the empty tomb of Jesus Christ.