Immortality

Found a really interesting take on the traditional Christian concept of immortality and how it affects our understanding of the resurrection. Here’s a little taste:

As long as our thinking contains even a trace of the notion of “immortality,” we will understand neither the reality of death nor the miracle of resurrection. For to speak of “immortality” is to speak of a possibility latent within the human soul. But to speak of “resurrection” is to speak of the act of God. Or, more precisely: to say “resurrection” is to say “God.”

It seems to me that this is much healthier way of viewing the resurrection, since it reminds us that ‘life’ is always something that God gives and not something that we ‘possess.’ I’m still wondering about the implications of this but I’m intrigued.