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Apostle of the Crucified Lord: A Theological Introduction to Paul and His Letters is unavailable, but you can change that!

Unlike the many books that treat the Apostle Paul merely as a historical figure and his letters as literary relics, this new study by Michael Gorman focuses on the theological message of Paul’s writings, particularly what they have to say to the contemporary church. An innovative and comprehensive treatment of Paul, including commentary on all of the Pauline letters, Gorman’s Apostle of the...

people have said, commenting on 2:13, it is performance, not possession, of the Law that matters. This conclusion becomes a fundamental Pauline principle with wide application in Romans: simply possessing the Law, simply being Jewish, is irrelevant for justification. At least two questions emerge from this passage. (1) Does all this mean that Paul subscribes to some sort of theory of ‘anonymous believers’ who have no written law (or gospel) but nevertheless keep God’s covenant? The answer is no,
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