...popular fundamentalist theology has emphasized the utility of the cross rather than the beauty of the One who died on it... The "work" of Christ has been stressed until it has eclipsed the person of Christ.

Nothing's easier to talk about than surrendering ourselves and dying on the Cross. Nothing's harder than actually doing it.

We must do something about the cross, and there’s only one of two things we can do- flee it or die upon it!

The old cross slew men; the new cross entertains them. The old cross condemned; the new cross amuses. The old cross destroyed confidence in the flesh; the new cross encourages it.

We must invite the Cross to do its deadly work within before we can be free.

Be hard on yourself and easy on others. Carry your own cross but never lay one on the back of another

The old cross slew men; the new cross entertains them. The old

Be hard on yourself and easy on others. Carry your own cross but never lay one on the back of another