The cross is offensive because it directly confronts the evils which dominate so much of this world.
Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts.
That cross inmate of your household, who has hitherto made life a burden to you, and who has been the Juggernaut car to crush your soul into the dust, may henceforth be a glorious chariot to carry you to the heights of heavenly patience and long-suffering.
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'm sentimental about Jesus on the cross. Jesus was a Jew, and also I believe he was a catalyst, and I think he offended people because his message was to love your neighbour as yourself; in other words, no one is better than somebody else. He embraced all people, whether it was a beggar on the street or a prostitute, and he admonished a group of Jews who were not observing the precepts of the Torah. So he rattled a lot of people's cages.
I think it's important to cross train. Surfing is a good cross training sport for your shoulders. I don't think I know of any other football player who does it, who can go and paddle out past the sets.
Cherie, keep walking. Shut your eyes. We are headed for the bridge. We are going to cross it.
In Christ alone I place my trust And find my glory In the power of the Cross.
I have always tried. . . to lay before the colored race a cross section of it's own life, to view the colored heart from close range.
Let fire and the cross; let the crowds of wild beasts; let tearings. . . let shatterings of the whole body; and let all the evil torments of the devil come upon me: only let me attain to Jesus Christ.
I've never been on the cover of Empire. I'm very bitter. I've got an award but now I feel sad and cross.
No one can cross the boundary into another -- for the simple reason that no one can gain access to himself
I am philosophical Christ; crucified on the cross of ignorance for the sake of divine vanity.
I've always loved to prove people wrong. I want to be able to cross color lines, because in music, there really is no barrier.
He that taketh not his cross and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
For those who live by faith, the cross is a treasure more valuable than gold and precious stones.
The cross is the place where we find the freedom to accept ourselves without being proud and to challenge ourselves without being crushed.
Come down off the cross, we could use the wood.
The question is: how you cross uneven ground, how you assemble networks around you.
The avenues in my neighborhood are Pride, Covetousness and Lust; the cross streets are Anger, Gluttony, Envy and Sloth. I live over on Sloth, and the style on our street is to avoid the other thoroughfares.
