Cross-Centered Quotes

Here are a few quotes to help you reflect upon the cross of Christ during Holy Week:

"Abide hard by the cross and search the mystery of His wounds." (Charles Spurgeon)

"The Spirit does not take his pupils beyond the cross, but ever more deeply into it." (J. Knox Chamblin)

"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." (John Stott)

"Terribly black must that guilt be for which nothing but the blood of the Son of God could make satisfaction. Heavy must that weight of human sin be which made Jesus groan and sweat drops of blood in agony at Gethsemane, and cry at Golgotha, 'My God, my God, why has Thou forsaken Me?'" (J.C. Ryle)