“It is to the Cross that the Christian is challenged to follow his Master: no path of redemption can make a detour around it.”

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Hans Urs Von Balthasar17

Swedish Catholic theologian 1905–1988

Kirby Page (1890–1957) American clergyman

Source: The Sword or the Cross, Which Should be the Weapon of the Christian Militant? (1921), Ch.6 p. 106

“European Imperialism and European Christianity were twins. It is difficult to say whether the flag followed the cross or the cross followed the flag.”

Ram Swarup (1920–1998) Indian historian

Meditations. Yogas, Gods, Religions (2000)

“Jesus awakens, challenges and inspires us to take up the cross and follow”

Kirby Page (1890–1957) American clergyman

The Personality of Jesus (1932)
Context: By his own experience of God and his estimate of man, by his emphasis upon and practice of brotherhood, by his repudiation of hatred and violence, while attacking with audacity deeply entrenched inequities, and by his vicarious suffering on the cross, Jesus awakens, challenges and inspires us to take up the cross and follow in his sacrificially redemptive steps. Thus we are saved and thus society must be redeemed.

“To be a follower of the Crucified means, sooner or later, a personal encounter with the cross. And the cross always entails loss. The great symbol of Christianity means sacrifice and no one who calls himself a Christian can evade this stark fact.”

Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) American missionary

Source: These Strange Ashes