60 quotes found
“Remember, God placed man on earth and gave him dominion over the earth to cultivate and steward it. The fall of man subjected the earth to the same corruption as the hearts of man, but the work Jes...”
“Instead, it is the reality that the God-forsaken one experienced in an eminent way because no one can even approximately experience the abandonment by God as horribly as the Son, who shares the sam...”
“But that's not how God views the cross, Jake. His wrath wasn't an expression of the punishment sin deserves; it was the antidote for sin and shame. The purpose of the cross, as Paul wrote of it, wa...”
“I am wholly deserving of all the consequences that I will in fact never receive simply because God unashamedly stepped in front of me on the cross, unflinchingly spread His arms so as to completely...”
“The gift of being able to speak with a holy God because of the righteousness we gain through Jesus on the cross is an indescribable miracle!”
“The plaque the Romans placed above Jesus's head as he writhed in pain"King of the Jews"was called a titulus and, despite common perception, was not meant to be sarcastic. Every criminal who hung on...”
“Though Jesus was in torture on the cross, He thought of praying for His persecutors, of caring for His mother, of securing the good thief's salvation.”
“Imagine every hideous and vile deed committed from the beginning of time until Christs future returnheaped upon the pure and perfect Son of God. Bearing the sin of many, he drank the very cup of wr...”
“I'll walk through the fireWith my head lifted highAnd my spirit revivedIn Your story”
“Jesus must have had man hands. He was a carpenter, the Bible tells us. I know a few carpenters, and they have great hands, all muscled and worn, with nicks and callused pads from working wood toget...”
“When your heart is gripped by the love of God poured out in the cross, and when you see the extent of that love in the propitiation by which Christ became the sacrifice for your sin, bearing wrath ...”
“What would our hospitality look like if we believed that Jesuss death on the cross was the measure of Gods compassion for someone?”
“He endured all that hell is on the cross, so that you would never know what hell is like.”
“The cross is the place where heaven meets earth and grace erupts. The cross is the place where Jesus does not simply meet our suffering, but becomes our suffering so as to transform the world.”
“Jesus came to give us life. We don't have to hang on a cross like he did. For him, it was a sacrifice. For us, it is a gift.”
“Crossing the meadow, he came again to the mouth of the cave where he had stood so undecided only the twilight before. Knowing what he would find, he yet wanted the final confirmation. Pushing the e...”
“We have only to conquer Now, by suffering. This is the easier victory.Now is the triumph of the cross.”
“To endure the cross is not a tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. When it comes, it is not an accident, but a necessity. It is not the sort of...”
“Only those who are truly aware of their sin can truly cherish grace.”
“All good things come from love; God used the cross a symbol of His love, to paralyze and defeat all forces of evil. God is love. John 3:16”
