A few months ago I spoke to a women’s ministry about the importance of theology for women in the church. The event went well, and the women peppered me with many challenging questions. However, I was a little unprepared for a question I received after the event had ended. As I gathered my gloves and coat and prepared to head home, a woman escorted me to the door and asked, “Why is the Resurrection bodily?”
Although I had just fielded questions about theology for nearly an hour, this question surprised me because it was unrelated to any of the topics we had discussed. It came out of left field, and it is not a question I hear very often. I asked her to elaborate.
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