As a boy theologian Bruce Ware was frustrated that Peter ndash calls us to be like Jesus Ware wrote of his youthful exasperation in his book The Man Christ Jesus ldquo Not fair I determined Especially when the passage says to follow in the steps of one lsquo who did no sin rsquo This was totally outlandish I just couldn rsquo t see how God could really mean for us to take it seriously rdquo I understand why Ware would find such a biblical challenge so daunting An old chorus says ldquo To be like Jesus to be like Jesus [... more]