Adversity Quote by William Whately

The cross guarantees that even in your darkest moment God will never turn in disgust and walk away. There is no rebellion, no weakness,…

— Paul David Tripp

“The cross is the assurance that effective prophetic criticism is done not by an outsider but always by one who must embrace the grief,…

— Walter Brueggemann

“If we look only at God’s love, we will not need him, and there will be no urgency in the message of the cross.…

— Edward T. Welch

“The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise godfearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning of our communion…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“To endure the cross is not a tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. When…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“It is when we are up against death, when we find ourselves in despair, that the God of cross is near to us. It…

— Andrew Root

Those who understand the cross increasingly see their sin as God does, and therefore begin to feelabout sin as does God. We begin to…

— William F. Farley

To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The cross is the divine settlement with the divine condemnation of sin.”

— Herman Bavinck

“The most degrading cross has always produced the greatest glory and force, as long as the humility of the martyrdom is sincere. But do…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

When we look at the cross we see the justice, love, wisdom and power of God. It is not easy to decide which is…

— John Stott

Though the cross of Christ has been beautified by the poet and the artist, the avid seeker after God is likely to find it…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer