“To be in Christ is to be a living exegesis of the narrative of Christ, a new performance of the original drama of exaltation following humiliation, of humiliation as the voluntary renunciation of rights and selfish gain in order to… — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“Baptism is a symbolic narrative not only of incorporation into Christ but also of ongoing life in Christ. Although a once-for-all death to sin… — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“Those who respond in trust or faith to the faith of Christ are moved into Christ, into the sphere of his life. In that… — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“faith is an inauguration into a community and into a life of dying, or cruciformity.” — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“Nearly one-third of Acts recounts Paul on trial or in prison, and in five of the thirteen letters he is identified as a prisoner… — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“For Paul, the will of God is known in essence in the obedient death of Jesus. In concrete and specific ways, however, God's will… — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“Faith, therefore, is a liberation that is also an incorporation, specifically an incorporation into Christ the new lord, and into his body.” — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“for Paul the essential mark of apostleship is conformity to Christ crucified through sacrifice, weakness, and suffering” — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“APOSTLE AMONG THE GENTILES (NATIONS) As we have seen, Paul’s encounter with the resurrected Jesus led him to the deep conviction that he had… — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“Faith, for Paul, is a death experience, a death that creates life.” — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“faith is an initial and ongoing participation in the faith (i.e., faithful death) of Jesus.” — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“Paul's act of faith has enabled him to share in the faith of Jesus, the faith that expressed itself in self-giving love.” — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“Especially to be noted is the intense social and even political character of many of the experiences of suffering listed in the catalogs. Paul… — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
