Christ Quote by L. E. Maxwell Download Open image “Christ did not come to straighten out the natural, but to "CROSS" it out.” — L. E. Maxwell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Christ Crosses Faith Natural Nature
When people sugarcoat Christianity, arrange it all nicely, they have, in effect, taken away the Cross. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
…just as Christian came up to the Cross, his burden loosed from off his shoulders, fell from off his back, and began to tumble… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
“The good news is the fact that the cross of Christ was a success. God rescued the life of our design; he redeemed our… — François Du Toit Copy Share Image
“We let the human image of Christ mislead us into downsizing Him. “If He'd just stoop a little and we stood on our tiptoes, we'd be just about side by side. One at His left. One at His right.” Negatory, good buddy. When the Word became flesh to dwell among us, human flesh wrapped its way around “the fulness of… — Beth Moore Copy Share
Christ went more willingly to the cross than we do to the throne of grace. — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
His (Christ's) appearance in our midst has made it undeniably clear that changing the human heart and changing human society are not separate tasks,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
“Therefore, beware of such misleading, shameful, and deceptive prattle, which represents Christ solely as a Teacher of works, as though He had taught and showed us nothing but proper conduct and behavior. In that capacity He could not be called the Way; then He would be no more than a cross or a votive picture on the wayside. This indeed… — Martin Luther Copy Share
Christ was liberated on the cross through spiritual centers located where the nails are said to have been driven, and elsewhere. — Max Heindel Copy Share Image
They have not understood that the Lord's Cross discloses the entire dispensation of His coming in the flesh, and contains within it the whole… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
God led Jesus to a cross, not a crown, and yet that cross ultimately proved to be the gateway to freedom and forgiveness for… — Bill Hybels Copy Share Image
We must be reduced again and again to the limit of all resolution and resources and be compelled to feel the need of Another's… — L. E. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“To be self-centered is to be self-destroyed…The preservation of self is the surest path to self-destruction (Crowded to Christ, p. 128).” — L. E. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“When the Lord Jesus dealt with souls, His method was adapted to the need of the individual. However, it is remarkable that almost invariably… — L. E. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“If only the Saviour had asked me to do something else! But that something else would not have reached your heart. You could have… — L. E. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. (Terullian) When she ceases to bleed, she ceases to bless. She can thrive… — L. E. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Every strong conviction ends by taking possession of us; it overcomes and absorbs us, and tears us ruthlessly from everything else. Has the Cross… — L. E. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Have you ever had God lay hold of you in the wee hours and reduce you until you had ‘Nothing left to do but… — L. E. Maxwell Copy Share Image
As soon as the Cross ceases to be to us, first of all, the place of utmost shame and contempt, we make the Cross… — L. E. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If, through the years, the Cross in the life of the believer had been adhered to as strenuously as the Cross for salvation, the… — L. E. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I think, here's what I've realized from interviewing people, and I've been very open about my Catholicism and my love of Christ and I… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
“I would even go so far as to say that the mythical character of a life is just what expresses its universal human validity.… — C.G. Jung Copy Share Image
Set NOT your hearts on the flowers of this world. They shall fade and die. Prize the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When the Lord Jesus Christ became my surety . . . He went to Calvary's cross, and all my guilt was charged against Him.… — Henry Allen Ironside Copy Share Image
It's going to be used in the last days to get people to come against Christ, and that's the issue: they come against the… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
May nothing entice me till I happily make my way to Jesus Christ! Fire, cross, struggles with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ. — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
It was no accident, no coincidence, that the seasons came round and round year after year. It was the Lord speaking to us all… — Francine Rivers Copy Share Image
The emerging church movement has come to believe that the ultimate context of the spiritual aspirations of a follower of Jesus Christ is not… — Samir Selmanovic Copy Share Image
T]he church is not a place. It's not a building. It's not a preaching point. It's not a spiritual service provider. It's a people… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Take what I cannot give: my heart, body, thoughts, time, abilities, money, health, strength,… — Elizabeth Prentiss Copy Share Image
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