Ministers never write or preach so well as when under the cross.
– George Whitefield –
The Cross
The Cross of Christ – AW Tozer
Though the cross of Christ has been beautified by the poet and the artist, the avid seeker after God is likely to find it the same savage implement of destruction it was in the days of old. The way of the cross is still the pain-wracked path to spiritual power and fruitfulness. So do not seek to hide from it. Do not accept an easy way. Do not allow yourself to be patted to sleep in a comfortable church, void of power and barren of fruit. Do not paint the cross nor deck it with flowers. Take it for what it is, as it is, and you will find it the rugged way to death and life. Let it slay you utterly.
– AW Tozer –
The Son of God Became a Man – CS Lewis
The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.
– CS Lewis –
No Such Things as a Saved Sinner – Leonard Ravenhill
You know, people say that today. “Oh, I am just a saved sinner.” That is like saying you are a married bachelor. That is like saying you are an honest thief. … You are either saved or you are a sinner.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
My Charter is Jesus Christ – Ignatius of Antioch
As for me, my charter is Jesus Christ, the inviolable charter is His cross and His death and resurrection, and faith through Him.
– Ignatius of Antioch –
(c. 35 — c. 107 AD)
The Cross of Christ – Leo the Great
The cross of Christ is the true ground and chief cause of Christian hope.
– Leo the Great –
(400-461 AD)
The Cross To Me – Thomas Aquinas
The Cross to me is certain salvation. The Cross is that which I ever adore. The Cross of the Lord is with me. The Cross is my refuge.
– Thomas Aquinas –
God Is Not Looking For Brilliant Men – Henry Ironside
God is not looking for brilliant men, is not depending upon eloquent men, is not shut up to the use of talented men in sending His gospel out in the world. God is looking for broken men who have judged themselves in the light of the cross of Christ. When He wants anything done, He takes up men who have come to the end of themselves, whose confidence is not in themselves, but in God.
– Henry Ironside –
Don’t Refine But Save – Charles Spurgeon
Paul saw people sinking toward hell and did not talk of refining them, but of saving them from the wrath to come. He laid aside his preferences to prevent prejudice; He submitted his will in things indifferent, and if humankind would but receive the Gospel, he raised no questions about forms or ceremonies. Are we possessed with the same all-absorbing desire? Jesus died for sinners, can’t we live for them?
– Charles Spurgeon –