You cannot fake a resurrection

I like this meditation taken from Chip Brogden's article, 'Back to the Cross.

http://www.theschoolofchrist.org/articles/back.html
"For I determined to not know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified" (I Corinthians 2:2).

Religion seeks to reform a man; the Cross seeks to crucify him. Religion may fail to bring about the desired result, but the Cross never fails to achieve its end. Mankind will pursue morality, virtue, spirituality, even perform religious works and good deeds, in order to avoid death on a Cross. But there are no wounds, no scars, no evidence of having ever died and been made alive unto God. Either a man has never died, or he has died and been raised again. You cannot fake a resurrection.

I'm a church drop-out

"The social benefits of going to church can no longer compensate for its lack of spiritual life" - Chip Brogden