The Agony and Glory of the Cross by Charles B. Hodge Jr.
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?” Luke 9:23-25
I started reading it last year, but I took it slow so that I wouldn’t miss much, and it was worth it. Here are a few of my favorite quotes from it:
“Jesus was not on the cross six hours, but thirty-three years. He lived the life before He died the death. Salvation is free, but it costs us everything – our lives!”
“The way up is down; we empty ourselves to be full. We confess being wrong to be made right. The strongest are the weakest; the poorest, the richest. We die to live and give to get.”
“Jesus was both totally humbled and totally exalted. His exaltation did not destroy His humanity; rather, it glorified His humanity. ”
“Our salvation is not for a moment but for a crucified lifetime.”
“The U.S. has the Declaration of Independence; Christians have the Declaration of Dependence.”
The author includes a special section especially for meditating on before each chapter. Very thought provoking stuff! (Though it looks like one of the later printings took out the meditations, which is a shame – so if you look into getting this book, try to make sure it’s the older printing with the “More Confusing Than Amusing” meditations before each chapter – it’s the one without the “Give The Gift of God’s Love” on the cover.) I enjoyed this book so much. This is the perfect book to read during this Holy week; or anytime before or after! 🙂
That’s interesting that they took it out in newer versions!
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Yeah, it is!
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I like all of your quotes. They make us search deep into our heart. Wonderful review, Grace!
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😀 They sure do! That is definitely one thing I love about the book.
Thank you! ❤
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You’re welcome. Thank you for your review and sharing. 🙂
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🙂 I was happy to share! ❤
Happy Resurrection Day!
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Yes He is risen indeed! ❤
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😀 Amen! ❤
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Amen. 🙂
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The reason Christ became incarnate man was to model suffering for us.
The idea that anyone is going to attain heaven without suffering is to grossly misunderstand Jesus and His Cross and what it demands of each of us.
May God continue to guide our life’s path
Patrick
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I agree! We will suffer while we are on Earth – it’s unavoidable.
Amen!
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I love all of the quotes! Great review overall. 👍
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🙂
Thank you! ❤
Happy Resurrection Day!
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My favorite of the quotes: “Our salvation is not for a moment but for a crucified lifetime.”
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😀 ❤
Happy Resurrection Day!
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Truthfully, every day God’s children live in the resurrection. So I hope your celebration of the Resurrection Day was blessed as each day in its hope is blessed. Thank you.
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Amen to that! 🙂 It was; I hope the same yours was as well. ❤
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Thank you for sharing His Word and His truth in your posts. Have a blessed Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday! 🌸
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😀 His Word and Truth are incredible!
Thank you, you too! ❤
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Yes, amen! ❣️
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I’ll definitely add this to my reading collection! I hope its downloadable tho! Does it have a kindle edition?
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Great! 😀
Surprisingly, I couldn’t find any details about this book having a Kindle Edition. I even went to the publisher’s website. That is so weird…
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Really! Oh man 😩 Welp thanks for searching it up for me tho lol
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Yeah. 😦 I was happy to search for you; I’m just sad that I couldn’t find anything! 😊
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Awww you’re too sweet but not more than sugar lol 😂😂😂….oh well life goes on lol
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🙂 ❤
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