Is Your Life Cross Centered?

This is the key question C.J. Mahaney asks in chapter one of The Cross Centered Life. He writes,

The cross was the centerpiece of Paul's theology. It wasn't merely one of Paul's messages; it was the message. He taught about other things as well, but whatever he taught was always derived from, and related to, the foundational reality that Jesus Christ died so that sinners would be reconciled to God and forgiven by God (11).

He goes on to quote Jerry Bridges:

The gospel...is not only the most important message in all of history; it is the only essential message in all of history. Yet we allow thousands of professing Christians to live their entire lives without clearly understanding it and experiencing the joy of living by it (15).

So, he asks: Is your life Cross centered? Do you often lack joy? Are you not consistently growing in spiritual maturity? Does your love for God lack passion? Are you always looking for some new technique, some "new truth" or new experience that will pull all the pieces of your faith together?

What do you think, NHC?