Phoenix

I have a new appreciation for the legend of the Phoenix. You see, I recently realized something on the nature of death:

The secret is not to avoid death, but to survive death.

That is key to the Gospel and, consequently, every good story. You don't defeat death by cheating it. You can't cheat it; it has a legitimate claim on you, and if justice is to prevail, it must have its way with you. So instead you must

absorb death, letting it burn itself out within you, and then rise from the ashes.

Of course, to survive such a consuming fire, you must have something greater within, something that cannot be consumed. That's the tricky part:

What can withstand the fatal fires of death?