If the Christian faith had one central “anchor point,” it would be this: Jesus is not only alive in some vague spiritual sense. The resurrection is presented in Scripture as a bodily resurrection. A real body was crucified. A real body was washed and wrapped. A real body was laid in a tomb. And that body is gone.

That emphasis matters because the gospel is not merely advice about how to live. It is a historical proclamation about what God has done in Christ.