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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...

The cross is the signature of the one who is risen. Ernst Käsemann1 Paul is rightly associated with the word ‘gospel’ (euangelion), a term meaning ‘good news’ that appears in the Pauline correspondence some sixty times, forty-eight of those in the undisputed letters. For Paul the gospel is not, however, just words; it is power—“the power of God for salvation” (Rom. 1:16; cf. 1 Thess. 2:13). It is God’s efficacious utterance, the
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