crucified reposted

It is refreshing to me that many preachers, scholars and writers are speaking again of the power of the cross. They are finding that no element of tightly programmed services, eloquent words or even gracious relationships can take the place of the primacy of the cross in our lives. The cross is the most applicable doctrine we can speak of, and it is the centerpiece of our faith. The reminder that Paul gives us is this: if all we know and all we can attest to is the wondrous cross of Christ, than we are on the right track.

"And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God (1 Cor. 2:1-5 nkjv)."