The "if" of Easter

And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.

1 Corinthians 15:14


Make no mistake: if He rose at all
it was as His body;
if the cells’ dissolution did not reverse, the molecules
reknit, the amino acids rekindle,
the Church will fall.

John Updike, Seven Stanzas at Easter