This is Holy Week, 2001. The event that Christians will celebrate on Easter Sunday is too important to be anything other than a fundamental admission of the truth that Jesus gave his life on the cross for us all.

I took me a long time to realise this. As a child, as a young man, I asked "why do they say Jesus died for me? - I wasn't even born when he was around!" I told myself that I was a good person - that I couldn't possibly the kind of sinner that the Bible describes. I was one of the "good guys".

Jesus existed. History provides sufficient evidence. So why would a man give himself up to be put to death in such a cruel and painful way if he did not know that there was a purpose for it all? In our modern, scientific world, we seek for logical answers to all our questions. "How is it possible to turn water into wine?" We've learned how to resuscitate people who have stopped breathing, or keep them alive on ventilators, even when the brain shows no sign of life.

So when Jesus claims to be the Son of God and to be able to rise from death, what are we supposed to imagine? Was it all just another conjuring trick? Was our Lord the Yuri Geller of another age? If logic has any place in spirituality, then none of the great prophets of the ages ever had any credence.

We shall always, in this life, remain in wonder of the great mystery of Jesus' resurrection. We don't believe in Him, just to reassure ourselves that we need not fear death. We believe in Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God (if we really know the Truth), because He showed us that we are all as important as each other. If you examine the life of Jesus, as described in the Gospels, how on Earth can you deny that He was right?

I am not an evangelist. I am a mere mortal, created (I believe) in the image of God, by God, through the interaction of my human father and mother. I praise God for giving me the opportunity to spend some years on this Earth, and hopefully to do some good on the way to my grave.

This coming Sunday, when I sing to acknowledge the Risen Christ, I will not be subscribing to some kind of indoctrination that was instituted by my parents, or my school or even my church. I confess the magical relationship between me and my Saviour. I ask only that you, my friend, keep an open mind and if you are not sure, just ask yourself "is Jesus possible?" If you really want to know, then your question will, I promise, be answered.

Jesus is not just possible. Jesus is with us today. Find Him.