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“The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement.”

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John Stott was a British author born on April 27, 1921, and passed away on July 27, 2011. He was one of the most influential Christian writers of the 20th century, known for his clear and concise writing style and profound biblical exegesis. more

“At the cross in holy love God through Christ paid the full penalty of our disobedience himself. He bore the judgment we deserve in order to bring us the forgiveness we do not deserve. On the cross divine mercy and justice were equally expressed and eternally reconciled. God's holy love was 'satisfied.'”

Order Christ Justice Divine Holy Judgment Deserve Crosses Mercy Paid Satisfied God Love Bores Penalties Disobedience Divine Mercy

Book:The cross

Source: The cross

“As a body without breath is a corpse, so the church without the Spirit is dead.”

Body Spirit Church Breaths Corpses

Book:The Message of Acts

Source: The Message of Acts

“The Cross is the blazing fire at which the flame of our love is kindled, but we have to get near enough for its sparks to fall on us.”

Enough Fall Love Is Fire Crosses Flames Sparks Our Love Blazing

Book:What Christ thinks of the church: insights from Revelation 2-3

Source: What Christ thinks of the church: insights from Revelation 2-3

“Action breeds inspiration more than inspiration breeds action.”

Inspiration Action

Author:Willem Dafoe

“The meaning of atonement is not to be found in our penitence evoked by the sight of Calvary, but rather in what God did when in Christ on the cross He took our place and bore our sin.”

Found Christ Sin Crosses Sight Bores Atonement Calvary Penitence Christ On The Cross

Book:The Cross of Christ

Source: The Cross of Christ

“God condemned sin in Christ, so that holiness might appear in us.”

Might Christ Sin Holiness

Author:John Stott

“No theology is genuinely Christian which does not arise from and focus on the cross.”

Doe Christian Focus Crosses Theology Arise

Book:The Cross of Christ

Source: The Cross of Christ

“The incentive to peacemaking is love, but it degenerates into appeasement whenever justice is ignored. To forgive and to ask for forgiveness are both costly exercises. All authentic Christian peacemaking exhibits the love and justice-and so the pain-of the cross.”

Christian Pain Asks Justice Exercise Crosses Forgiving Ignored Incentives Exhibits Degenerates Peacemaking Asking For Forgiveness Appeasement

Book:The Cross of Christ

Source: The Cross of Christ

“The Christian life is not just our own private affair. If we have been born again into God's family, not only has he become our Father but every other Christian believer in the world, whatever his nation or denomination, has become our brother or sister in Christ. But it is no good supposing that membership of the universal Church of Christ is enough; we must belong to some local branch of it. Every Christian's place is in a local church. sharing in its worship, its fellowship, and its witness.”

“When we look at the cross we see the justice, love, wisdom and power of God. It is not easy to decide which is the most luminously revealed, whether the justice of God in judging sin, or the love of God in bearing the judgment in our place, or the wisdom of God in perfectly combining the two, or the power of God in saving those who believe. For the cross is equally an act, and therefore a demonstration, of God’s justice, love, wisdom and power. The cross assures us that this God is the reality within, behind and beyond the universe.”

Believe Looks Two Reality Universe Easy Justice Sin Behinds Judging Judgment Crosses Saving God Love Demonstration Power Of God Combining Justice Of God Love Wisdom

Book:The Cross of Christ

Source: The Cross of Christ

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