TY - BOOK AU - Gire,Ken TI - Shaped by the cross: meditations on the sufferings of Jesus SN - 9780830869565 AV - BT453 .G57 2011 U1 - 232.96/3 23 PY - 2011///] CY - Downers Grove, IL PB - IVP Books KW - Jesus Christ KW - Michelangelo Buonarroti, KW - Jésus-Christ KW - Pietà (Michelangelo Buonarroti) KW - fast KW - Suffering KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Meditations KW - RELIGION KW - Christian Theology KW - Christology KW - bisacsh KW - Crucifixion of Jesus Christ KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references; ""Title page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Scripture""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Chapter 5""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Chapter 7""; ""Epilogue""; ""More Titles from InterVarsity Press"" N2 - "Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps." 1 Peter 2:21What must it have been like to draw near to Christ as he drew near to the cross? Reflecting on Michelangelo's majestic Pieta, in which Mary gathers the suffering Jesus into her arms, Ken Gire offers seven meditations on a costly discipleship that invites us to take up our cross and follow our Savior--through death to life everlasting UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=684558 ER -