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Charles Williams
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The strong hands of God twisted the crown of thorns into a crown of glory; and in such hands we are safe.
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Edwin Hubbell Chapin
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- The Transfiguration
[The Redeemer] illustrates the purport of life as he descends from his transfiguration to toil, and goes forward to exchange that robe of heavenly brightness for the crown of thorns.
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William Penn
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No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.
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D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
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- Atonement
- Jesus' Suffering
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1 Corinthians 6:20
Consider, finally, what it meant to Him to do this for us. “I go,” He says. Where is He going? He is going to the Garden of Gethsemane to sweat drops of blood. Where is He going? He is going to be arr...
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Frederick S. Leahy
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- Atonement
- Jesus' Suffering
It is only by the sharp thorn of his [Christ's] suffering that the poisonous thorn of our sin is drawn.
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Pope Benedict XVI
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But Palm Sunday tells us that … it is the cross that is the true tree of life.
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Theophan the Recluse
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Remember that each of us has his own cross. The Golgotha of this cross is our heart: it is being lifted or implanted through a zealous determination to live according to the Spirit of God. Just as sal...
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Augustine of Hippo
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Recognize in this bread what hung on the cross, and in this chalice what flowed from His side... whatever was in many and varied ways announced beforehand in the sacrifices of the Old Testament pertai...
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Ambrose of Milan
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Christ is the flower of Mary, who sprouted forth from a virginal womb to spread the good odor of faith throughout the whole world, as he himself said: “I am the flower of the field, and the lily of th...
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Brian Zahnd
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Colossians 1:20, Ephesians 2:10, John 12:32, 1 Peter 2:24, Philippians 1:6
Every cross adorning a church is in itself a sermon—a sermon proclaiming that if Christ can transform the Roman instrument of execution into a thing of beauty, there is hope that in Christ all things ...
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Joel Green
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- The Cross
Executed publicly, situated at a major crossroads or on a well-trafficked artery, devoid of clothing, left to be eaten by birds and beasts, victims of crucifixion were subject to optimal, unmitigated,...
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Thomas à Kempis
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- Passion of Christ
Let all your thoughts be with the Most High, and direct your humble prayers unceasingly to Christ. If you cannot contemplate high and heavenly things, take refuge in the Passion of Christ, and love to...
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Chris Rice
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- The Incarnation
- Christmas
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Luke 2:6-7, Matthew 8:16-17, Isaiah 53:5, Luke 2:34-35, Matthew 2:11, Matthew 2:13-15, Matthew 26:26-28
Fragile finger sent to heal us Tender brow prepared for thorn Tiny heart whose blood will save us Unto us is born
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John Calvin
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- The Image of God
...this insolence was turned by the providence of God to a very different purpose; for the face of Christ, dishonoured by spitting and blows, has restored to us that image which had been disfigured, a...
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Alexander MacLaren
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Hebrews 12:2, 1 Peter 2:24, Colossians 1:19-20, Romans 5:8, 1 Corinthians 2:2, Philippians 2:6-8, Galatians 4:4-5
The cross is the center of the world's history; the incarnation of Christ and the crucifixion of our Lord are the pivot round which all the events of the ages revolve. The testimony of Christ was ...
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Leon Morris
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- Resurrection
- The Cross
The cross is the victory, the resurrection is the triumph…The resurrection is the public display of the victory, the triumph of the crucified one.
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Thomas à Kempis
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- The Cross
- Rejoicing
Jesus today has many who love his heavenly kingdom, but few who carry his cross; many who yearn for comfort, few who long for distress. Plenty of people he finds to share his banquet, few to share his...
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William Wood Seymour
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- The Cross
- Crucifixion Of Jesus
According to tradition, [during the crucifixion] our Lord’s back was turned toward Jerusalem, which was in the east and his face toward the west. This may have been a refinement of cruelty on the part...
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Samuel M. Zwemer
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If the Cross of Christ is anything to the mind, it is surely everything – the most profound reality and the sublimest mystery. One comes to realize that literally all the wealth and glory of the gospe...
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Augustus Toplady
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- Palm Sunday
- Righteousness
When Christ entered into Jerusalem the people spread garments in the way: when He enters into our hearts, we pull off our own righteousness, and not only lay it under Christ's feet but even trampl...
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John Stott
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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.
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Barbara Brown Taylor
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Luke 23:34, 1 John 1:9, Isaiah 53:5, John 13:10-11, Hebrews 9:22, Romans 5:8, Luke 22:31-62
When Jesus holds up the cup and offers what is in it as the fluid of forgiveness, he is not talking to people with a short list of minor sins. He is talking to people who will turn him in, who will sc...
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Peter Kreeft
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- The Cross
- Carrying our Cross
Christ goes to the cross, and we are invited to follow to the same cross. Not because it is the cross, but because it is His,”
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William Shakespeare
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- King
My Crown is in my heart, not on my head: Not deck'd with Diamonds, and Indian stones: Nor to be seen: my Crown is call'd Content, A Crown it is, that seldom Kings enjoy.
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J. R. R. Tolkein
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Jeremiah 17:14, Psalm 147:3, Matthew 4:23, Revelation 22:1-2, Matthew 9:35, Malachi 4:2
The hands of the king are healing hands, and thus shall the rightful king be known.
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Fleming Rutledge
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The crucifixion is the touchstone of Christian authenticity, the unique feature by which everything else, including the resurrection, is given its true significance.
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Augustus Montague Toplady and Thomas Hastings
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- Poor in Spirit
- Helplessness
Nothing in my hand I bring, Simply to thy cross I cling; Naked, come to thee for dress; Helpless, look to thee for grace; Foul, I to the fountain fly; Wash me, Saviour, or I die.
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Melito of Sardis
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- The Cross
- Crucifixion Of Jesus
And so he was raised on a cross, and a title was fixed, indicating who it was who was being executed. Painful it is to say, but more terrible not to say. . . . He who suspended the earth is suspended,...
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Thomas à Kempis
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- The Kingdom of God
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1 Peter 4:12-13, 2 Corinthians 4:8-10, Romans 8:17, John 15:18-20, 2 Timothy 3:12, Philippians 1:29, Luke 9:23
Jesus has many who love the kingdom of God, but few who bear a cross. He has many who desire His comfort, but few who desire His suffering. All want to rejoice with him, but few are willing to suffer ...
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Fleming Rutledge
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- The Cross
- Crucifixion Of Jesus
The Son and the Father are doing this [the crucifixion] in concert, by the power of the Spirit. This interposition of the Son between human beings and the curse of God upon Sin is a project of the thr...