That is why I’ve written these pages. The first surprise for some of us might be how much the Bible has to say about our body. The second is how the gospel of Jesus Christ is good news for our body. Your body—my body—is not just there, happening to exist. It means something to God. He knows it. He made it. He cares about it. And all that Christ has done in his death and resurrection is not in order for us one day to escape our body, but for him one day to redeem it. Far from being a spiritual irrelevance,