Kris Lundgaard

"Your mind can only protect against the deceit of the flesh if you are cross-eyed.  That is, you can only keep the rottenness of sin and the kindness of God in mind if you fix your eyes on the cross.  What shows God's hatred of sin more than the cross?  What show's God's love to you more than the cross?  If you want to know exactly what sin deserves, you have to understand the cross.  If you want to know how infinitely deep the rot of sin reaches, you have to think through all the implications of the cross.  If you want to know how far God was willing to go to rescue you from sin, you have to see his precious Son hanging on the cross for you."

Kris Lundgaard, The Enemy Within, p.66

Jerry Bridges

“Faith in Christ and a reliance on ourselves, even to the smallest degree, are mutually exclusive.”

Jerry Bridges, The Disciple of Grace: God's Role and Our Role in the Pursuit of Holiness, p. 50-51

Rebecca Pippert

“If the cross shows me that I am far worse than I had ever imagined, it also shows me that my evil has been absorbed and forgiven. If the worst thing any human can do is kill God’s son, and that can be forgiven, then how can anything else not be forgiven?”

Rebecca Pippert, Hope Has Its Reasons, p. 104