http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/the-last-laugh-in-the-least-likely-place ...dispatches from the post-evangelical wilderness Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:57:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/the-last-laugh-in-the-least-likely-place/comment-page-1#comment-17 Jack Heald Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/im.php/?p=34#comment-17 I contemplate the same things. In sports, when a team makes a "miraculous" comeback to win the game, we sometimes say that they came "back from the dead". We'll use similar phrases to describe a politician who wins an election when his career seems to have ended. But the reality of the resurrection is different. If we put Christ's resurrection in sports terms, it would be as if the NFL decided that Nashville really did win the 2000 Super Bowl. Yeah sure, they were behind when the clock expired, but they win anyway. It violates every principle we know and hold dear - and yet the hope that it offers me is far more important than any footbal game. I contemplate the same things. In sports, when a team makes a “miraculous” comeback to win the game, we sometimes say that they came “back from the dead”. We’ll use similar phrases to describe a politician who wins an election when his career seems to have ended. But the reality of the resurrection is different. If we put Christ’s resurrection in sports terms, it would be as if the NFL decided that Nashville really did win the 2000 Super Bowl. Yeah sure, they were behind when the clock expired, but they win anyway. It violates every principle we know and hold dear – and yet the hope that it offers me is far more important than any footbal game.

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