Don't be Cross centred

With Good Friday approaching I'm certain many Christian ministers will be spending time in the Passion narratives and reflecting on the Via Dolorosa (Jesus' path the cross). The cross no doubt is an amazing saving event. The Scriptures affirm this as it says for example here, here, here and here. The cross is an integral part of the Christian faith. Nevertheless, we Evangelicals ought to be careful in constantly saying we are "cross-centred" largely because the Bible avoids this sort of speak and gives prominence to more than just the cross. Thus for example did you know that we Christians are to extol the resurrection as the basis of our salvation? Consider these verses from Romans:

He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification (4:25) 

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life (5:10)

It's also interesting to observe where the prominence of the Resurrection in the Apostles' preaching in Acts:

greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead (4:2) 

And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all (4:33)

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, "What does this babbler wish to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities"—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection (17:18)

All this to say, this Easter let us not be "Cross-centred" people but Cross and Resurrection people