This book takes a detailed look at the significance and ramifications of the most important event in human history - the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, including the curse of the 'tree', a perspective of standing by the cross, the significance of the blood shed on the cross, the power of the 'word of the cross', the challenge of Jesus to deny oneself and take up the cross, the experience of being redeemed at the cross, a journey along the way of the cross, a study of Jesus' final statements on the cross, a meditation on the nails of calvary, and how the cross was prophesied in the Old Testament . A short bonus book on the Beatitudes - Upside Down Values - is also included.