Quotes about Sacrifice
In the pierced heart of the Crucified, God's own heart is opened up - here we see who God is and what he is like. Heaven is no longer locked up. God has stepped out of his hiddenness.
— Pope Benedict XVI
The meaning of atonement is not to be found in our penitence evoked by the sight of Calvary, but rather in what God did when in Christ on the cross He took our place and bore our sin.
— John Stott
Jesus took your punishment, and God gave you credit for Jesus' perfection.
— Max Lucado
Whatever else we may say about it, the atonement fulfills the Jewish principle that only one who has been hurt can forgive. At Calvary, God chose to be hurt.
— Philip Yancey
There are many things that are perfectly legitimate, but if you are going to concentrate on God you cannot do them.
— Oswald Chambers
So I would say God hates war, but God loves every soldier.
— Rick Warren
The superior Christian lets God strip him of everything that might serve as a false refuge, a secondary trust.
— AW Tozer
Whom God would use greatly He will hurt deeply.
— AW Tozer
Pray daily to be used by God, sacrifice personal needs and so greed has to go out of the window. Because you have to believe God can take care of you so you don't have to worry about that.
— Alveda King
Is Christianity fair? It is certainly not fair to God. Christians believe that God sent His Son to die for your sins and mine. Fairness would demand that we die for our own sins.
— Andy Stanley
If God is about putting God ahead of myself then I've just quit being religious, because that's what got me into such deep trouble.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
If God thinks this state of war in the universe a price worth paying for free will...then we may take it it is worth paying.
— CS Lewis