Michael J. Gorman

“Baptism is a symbolic narrative not only of incorporation into Christ but also of ongoing life in Christ. Although a once-for-all death…

— Michael J. Gorman

“Those who respond in trust or faith to the faith of Christ are moved into Christ, into the sphere of his life.…

— Michael J. Gorman

“faith is an inauguration into a community and into a life of dying, or cruciformity.”

— Michael J. Gorman

“Nearly one-third of Acts recounts Paul on trial or in prison, and in five of the thirteen letters he is identified as…

— Michael J. Gorman

“For Paul, the will of God is known in essence in the obedient death of Jesus. In concrete and specific ways, however,…

— Michael J. Gorman

“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

“for Paul the essential mark of apostleship is conformity to Christ crucified through sacrifice, weakness, and suffering”

— Michael J. Gorman

“APOSTLE AMONG THE GENTILES (NATIONS) As we have seen, Paul’s encounter with the resurrected Jesus led him to the deep conviction that…

— Michael J. Gorman

“Faith, for Paul, is a death experience, a death that creates life.”

— Michael J. Gorman

“faith is an initial and ongoing participation in the faith (i.e., faithful death) of Jesus.”

— Michael J. Gorman

“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

“Especially to be noted is the intense social and even political character of many of the experiences of suffering listed in the…

— Michael J. Gorman

“survey—preparation and overview, or introduction • contextual analysis—consideration of the historical and literary contexts of the text • formal analysis—of the form,…

— Michael J. Gorman

“Faith, then, for Paul is first of all cruciform participation with Christ that liberates participants from the hostile powers that rule human…

— Michael J. Gorman

“for Paul private belief and public confession of it - including baptism - go hand in hand.3 Both are needed for salvation.”

— Michael J. Gorman

“Faith is a separation from the law ("I died to the law") and the self ("It is no longer I who live"),…

— Michael J. Gorman

“To be in Christ is to be a living exegesis of the narrative of Christ, a new performance of the original drama…

— Michael J. Gorman

“Accompanying Paul’s preaching, though this aspect is not often stressed, were deeds of power, as both Acts (e.g., 15: 12) and the…

— Michael J. Gorman