Jimmy Davis

Cruciform: Living the Cross-Shaped Life is one of the latest products from Cruciform Press. The thesis of the book is that we are created and redeemed to live cruciform (cross-shaped) lives. Author Jimmy Davis briefly introduces what that means:

First, a cruciform disciple to some degree resembles Jesus the Son, who lived in complete awareness of and dependence upon his relationship to God as the Father’s beloved (Matthew 3:17, 17:5; Mark 1:11, 9:7; 2 Peter 1:17). By wholely believing the message of the cross, we too become beloved sons of God (John 1:12, Romans 8:14–17, Galatians 4:4–7). The more we become like Jesus, the Beloved Son, the more we will fill up by faith on the love of the Father as his beloved sons. . . .

Second, a cruciform disciple to some degree resembles Jesus the Servant, who lived in the complete awareness and practice of his role as a blessed servant to God, people, and all of creation (Mark 10:43–45). Jesus’ confidence and contentment in his relationship with the Father enabled him to lay aside his rights, pick up the towel and basin, and take the form of a servant by emptying himself for the sake of others (John 13:3–5, Philippians 2:5–11). As we fill up by faith on the love of the Father as it is offered in the good news about Jesus and poured out by the Spirit, we overflow with love back to God and out to others, using the resources he has provided in the place he has put us. Our lives will take the form of a cross-shaped servant.

—Jimmy Davis, Cruciform: Living the Cross-Shaped Life (Cruciform Press, 2011), 36–37.