The world is headed into Holy Week, the holiest of times for the world's more than 2 billion Christians. Christians believe that Jesus of Nazareth entered Jerusalem as a king on Palm Sunday; was tortured, crucified, killed and buried on Friday; and rose again on Easter Sunday. It is one of the defining weeks in human history. As we head there, it is an appropriate time to pause the politics and dwell on this.

The resurrection either happened or did not. There is ample circumstantial evidence. Christians believe "by faith," but their "hope," as referenced in the New Testament, is better phrased as their "profound certainty" in a resurrection backed by evidence.

Many Christians in the United States are fretful of the nation's current state. A growing number have fixed their eyes not on a cross or empty tomb but on a ballot box. They are convinced that if they give enough, cheer enough and vote enough, they can save their nation. What they forget is that this is........

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