Christian Cross Quotes

Miserable indeed is that religious teaching which calls itself Christian, and yet contains nothing of the cross.

The Gospel, radiant with the glory of Christ’s cross, constantly invites us to rejoice.

It took time for the church to come to terms with the ignominy of the cross. Church fathers forbade its depiction in art until the reign of the Roman emperor Constantine.... Now, though, the symbol is everywhere: artists beat gold into the shape of the Roman execution device, baseball players cross themselves before batting, and cancy confectioners even make chocolate crosses for the faithful to eat during Holy Week. Strange as it may seem, Christianity has become a religion of the cross--the gallows, the electric chair, the gas chamber, in modern terms.

This is why for thousands of years Christians have found the cross to be so central to life. It speaks to us of God's suffering, God's pain, God's broken heart. It's God making the first move and then waiting for our response.

I hear a thunder in the distance; see a vision of the cross. I feel the pain that was given on a sad day of loss. Only He holds the key: a light to free me from my burden and grant me life eternally.

I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood.

I heard one time that the Superman glyph is the second or third most recognizable symbol on Earth after the Christian cross.

The cross of Jesus Christ represents the intersection of God's love and God's holiness.

The cross of Christ is the pledge to us that the deepest suffering may be the condition of the highest blessing; the sign, not of God's displeasure, but of His widest and most compassionate face.