the hinge

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the hinge of history
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The crucifixion of Jesus is the greatest
theme, not only of the Bible but of the human
race. Gerald Coats
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The Cross is the surest, truest and deepest
window on the very heart and character of the
Living and loving God. N.T. Wright, First
Century Historian
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We see that it is not the task of Christianity
to provide easy answers to every question, but to
make us progressively aware of a mystery. God is
not so much the object of our knowledge as the
cause of our wonder. Cardinal Hume
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Who would ever have thought that a Galilean
carpenter would come to be regarded by millions
as the human being most like God ever to have
walked this planet? Angela Tilby, BBC
Documentary writer
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The passion of Jesus Christ is the judgment of
God, in which the Judge himself was the
judged. Karl Barth
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The wrath of God is the love of God in the form
in which the man who has turned away from God
experiences it. Emil Brunner
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His death on the cross was a great example to
the world. Gandhi
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Everything of God gets expressed in Jesus, so
you can see and hear him clearly. Eugene
Peterson
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I could never myself believe in God, if it were
not for the cross. In the real world of pain,
how could one worship a God who was immune to
it? John Stott
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The cross, in fact, is the redeeming
turning-point of history. It is the goal of
Israels strange covenant story. As a result, it
is Gods way of healing his world. N.T.
Wright, First Century Historian
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The greatest disease in the world is the
disease of being unloved. Princess Dianna,
1995
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At the heart of our universe is one who not
only loves us but has made his love known in the
most unforgettable way. Derek Tidball,
Theologian
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Gods own heart suffered on the cross.
Karl Barth
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  The death of Christ is the central point of
history. Stephen Neill
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It is Calvary which makes trust in God possible,
not because Calvary is a demonstration of Gods
love though it is that but because it is a
proof of Gods integrity. God said that sin
would bring death. In Christ hanging on the
cross, we see God keeping his word. Dr.
Richard S. Taylor
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The cross used to stand for Jesus, and more
precisely, the suffering of Jesus. Now it stands
for an institution that most often doesnt really
stand for anything other than the advancement of
its own institutionality. Michael Card
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It would be most unseemly to feign a cool
detachment as we contemplate Christs Cross.
For we are involved. Our sins put him there.
John Stott
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When I survey the wondrous cross On which the
prince of glory died, My richest gain I count but
loss, And poor contempt on all my pride. Isaac
Watts
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The nail that pierces the hand of Jesus goes
through to the hand of God. The spear thrust
into the side of Jesus goes through into
Gods. George Butterick
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He bore the judgment we deserve in order to
bring us the forgiveness we do not deserve.
John Stott
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To have received the love of God in our own
lives and then to refuse to share it with others
is to turn Gods free-flowing grace into a
stagnant pool. Derek Tidball, Theologian
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Amazing love! How can it be That thou, my God,
shouldst die for me? Charles Wesley
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But God proves his love for us in that while
we still were sinners Christ died for us.
Romans 58, NRSV
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I am the door if anyone enters through Me,
he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and
find pasture. John 109, NASB
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The greatest disease in the world is the
disease of being unloved. Princess Dianna,
1995
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For God so loved the world, that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him
should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 316, NASB
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Beneath all my seemingly strong self-confidence
there remained the question If all those who
shower me with so much attention could see me and
know me in my innermost serf, would they still
love me? That agonizing question, rooted in my
inner shadow, kept persecuting me and made me run
away from the very place where that quite voice
calling me the Beloved could be heard. Henri
Nouwen, Life Of The Beloved
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The Mercy Seat
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Gk., hilasterion Lit., place of
atonement
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Atonement At one ment
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To have received the love of God in our own
lives and then to refuse to share it with others
is to turn Gods free-flowing grace into a
stagnant pool. Derek Tidball, Theologian
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I have been crucified with Christ and I no
longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I
live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of
God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do
not set aside the grace of God, for if
righteousness could be gained through the law,
Christ died for nothing! Galatians 220-21,
NIV
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One is not justified by faith by believing in
justification by faith. One is justified by
faith by believing in Jesus. N.T. Wright
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I have been crucified with Christ and I no
longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I
live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of
God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do
not set aside the grace of God, for if
righteousness could be gained through the law,
Christ died for nothing! Galatians 220-21,
NIV
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God
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God
Sin
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God
Sin
Religion
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God
Sin
Jesus
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God
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But God proves his love for us in that while
we still were sinners Christ died for us.
Romans 58, NRSV
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Therefore the law was our disciplinarian
until Christ came, so that we might be justified
by faith. Galatians 324, NRSV
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"For even the Son of Man did not come to be
served, but to serve, and to give His life a
ransom for many." Mark 1045, NASB
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He disarmed the rulers and authorities and
made a public example of them, triumphing over
them in it. Colossians 215, NRSV
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