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Cruciformity: Paul’s Narrative Spirituality of the Cross is unavailable, but you can change that!

Most studies of Paul concentrate solely on his theology. This book breaks new ground by focusing on the source and nature of Paul’s spirituality. Taking his cue from Paul’s express desire to “know nothing but Christ crucified,” Michael Gorman shows how Paul’s personal experience of God constantly intersects with the story of the cross, an event that both reveals the cruciform character of God and...

baptisms: the baptized have “put on Christ,” that is, clothed themselves with him—a vivid and intimate metaphor: As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. (Gal. 3:27) In another passage on baptism, Paul is even more specific about the nature of this experience: Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into his death? (Rom. 6:3) In the immediate context of Romans 6, this death experience refers primarily to a
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