WESLEY ARNING

Instead of closing the church for a few days after Easter Sunday, Wright suggests that churches host activities throughout the week to continue the celebration. The importance we place on Holy Week should be matched by the days that follow Easter Sunday. The joy of Easter cannot be contained in a singular day.

What makes Christianity unique is that Jesus is the one God who actually comes out of the pages of mythology. He comes out of the legends of bygone tales, and is born in a time and place we know, while Caesar Augustus reigned, and while Quirinius was governor of Syria, and Herod ruled Judea. Jesus lived, died, and was resurrected within history. The other gods can’t do that, they are bound in the books in which they reside. They are prisoners of ink and paper.