“The cross is God’s centerpiece on the table of time.” - Paul Guttke

“In the cross I see three things: First, a description of the depth of man’s sin.  Second, the overwhelming love of God.  Third, the only way to salvation.” - Billy Graham

“In the cross holiness and love, wrath and pity, justice and mercy, meet together, and kiss one another.” - W. H. T. Gairdner

“If Christ, by dying, has made full satisfaction, then God can consistently pardon the greatest of sinners that believe in Jesus.” - John Flavel

“By the cross we know the gravity of sin and the greatness of God’s love toward us.” - John Chrysostom

“Many evangelical leaders simply assume the message of the cross, but no longer lay much emphasis on it.” - D. A. Carson

“Christ’s blood is heaven’s key.” - Thomas Brooks

“The cross is God’s truth about us, and therefore it is the only power which can make us truthful. When we know the cross we are no longer afraid of the truth.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“On whatever subjects I may be called to preach, I fell it to be a duty which I dare not neglect to be continually going back to the doctrine of the cross - the fundamental truth of justification by faith which is in Christ Jesus.  This topic is essential to the life of the soul. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“The cross means this: Jesus taking our place to satisfy the demands of God’s justice and turning aside God’s wrath.” - James Montgomery Boice