Christ Crucified

Both of the following quotes remind us of the supreme importance of proclaiming Christ crucified (whether in preaching publicly to fellow sinners or in preaching privately to our own souls):

Let us look upon a crucified Christ, the remedy of all our miseries. His cross hath procured a crown, his passion hath expiated our transgression. His death hath disarmed the law, his blood hath washed a believer's soul. This death is the destruction of our enemies, the spring of our happiness, and the eternal testimony of divine love. --Stephen Charnock

All the simplicity in the world can do no good, unless you preach the simple gospel of Jesus Christ so fully and clearly that everybody can understand it. If "Christ crucified" has not His rightful place in your sermons, and sin is not exposed as it should be, and your people are not plainly told what they ought to believe, and be, and do — your preaching is of no use! --J.C. Ryle